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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.

Source: Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/macklemore-palestine

By Ramzy Baroud

Published September 24, 2026

The attempt to punish Macklemore ultimately placed Robert Kraft, Ed Sheeran, and the entertainment establishment itself under unprecedented scrutiny. Far from silencing the message of Palestinian freedom, their actions amplified it.

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/moral-cowards-netanyahu-rages-as-delegates-abandon-his-un-speech/

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Published September 24, 2026 

Dozens of diplomats abandoned Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN address, leaving him to defend Israel’s genocide in Gaza before an empty hall.

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-09-29/ty-article-opinion/.premium/both-netanyahu-and-eisenkot-want-you-to-forget-about-the-war-dont-let-them/000001a0-e948-dfbb-afa4-fb582e7f0000

By Aluf Benn

Published September 29, 2026

As the election campaign fixates on two issues, another has been pushed to the margins: the war – and everything that came after October 7

Bridging Differences to Help Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 4)

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Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/opinion/is-europe-finally-getting-tough-on-israel-3001623

By Ramzy Baroud
Published September 15, 2026

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-09-20/ty-article-opinion/.premium/this-yom-kippur-the-whole-world-must-apologize-to-israel/000001a0-bb0f-da3d-afb5-fb6f579e0000

By Gideon Levy

Published September 20, 2026

If penitential prayers are heard in Israel on this Day of Atonement, then we have learned nothing from the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The misconception that Israel is capable of sinning is still deeply rooted

Source: Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/18/israel-is-killing-the-people-who-could-end-its-wars

By Mahjoob Zweiri

Published September 18, 2026

From Iran to Gaza and Lebanon, assassinations have repeatedly removed figures capable of negotiating an end to conflict.

Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/opinion/is-europe-finally-getting-tough-on-israel-3001623

By Ramzy Baroud

Published September 15, 2026