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Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

Those who commit to 'healing our broken humanity' build intercultural bridges to learn to know and understand one another and others. Readers who thumb through the Building the Bridge (BTB) pages are not mindless sheep following other mindless sheep. They THINK. They want to be at the forefront of making a difference. They're in search of the bigger picture to expand their horizons. They don't need BTB or anyone else to confirm their biases.

Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

Accurate knowledge promotes understanding, dispels prejudice, and awakens the desire to learn more. Words have an extraordinary power to bring people together, divide them, forge bonds of friendship, or provoke hostility. Modern technology places unprecedented possibilities for good at our disposal, fostering harmony and reconciliation. Yet its misuse can do untold harm, leading to misunderstanding, prejudice, and conflict.

Diplomacy – The Art of Smoke and Mirrors (Part 6)

The Hague, 26 July 2024 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

PM'S SPEECH | 'OUR FIGHT IS YOUR FIGHT, OUR VICTORY WILL BE YOUR VICTORY'

Source: Mehr News Agency
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/218165/Top-UN-court-breaks-silence-on-Israeli-occupation

By Tohid Mahmoudpour
Published July 23, 2024

Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/searching-for-gazas-missing-children/

Ibtisam Mahdi writes in +972 July 18, 2024

Buried under rubble, lost in the chaos, decomposed beyond recognition: the desperate struggle to find thousands amid Israel’s ongoing war.

Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/07/palestine-letter-the-sorrow-after-the-massacre/

By Tareq S. Hajjaj

Published July 17, 2024

A person may feel great sadness following the Gaza war on television and social media, but experiencing the genocide firsthand, researching it, knowing its victims, and listening to their stories, is something else entirely.

Source: Mehr News Agency

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/218165/Top-UN-court-breaks-silence-on-Israeli-occupation

By Tohid Mahmoudpour

Published July 23, 2024

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, July 21, 2024

Diplomacy – The Art of Smoke and Mirrors (Part 5)

The Hague, 19 July 2024 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

THE TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SHOWS HOW MISINFORMATION AND COGNITIVE BIASES RUN WILD IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS

Source: Haaretz
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-07-13/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-many-dead-children-is-mohammed-deif-worth/00000190-ad88-d45b-a197-ef886af80000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Gideon+Levy&utm_term=20240713-23:22

By Gideon Levy
Published July 13, 2024

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-07-13/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-many-dead-children-is-mohammed-deif-worth/00000190-ad88-d45b-a197-ef886af80000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Gideon+Levy&utm_term=20240713-23:22

By Gideon Levy

Published July 13, 2024