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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.

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 24)

The Hague, 14 February 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

EDITORIAL | A Life Without Borders

Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2589674

By Dr Ramzy Baroud
Published February 10, 2025

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-to-end-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-for-good-right-now/00000194-9466-d9aa-afff-957f2a0d0000?dicbo=v2-

By Dahlia Scheindlin

Published January 23, 2025

Israel has a pattern of leveraging wars for annexation, but what if it seized on the Gaza cease-fire as a gateway to a comprehensive vision for ending the conflict by political agreement? And what if the Palestinians and world powers joined? Here's one scenario

Source: Al-Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/2/5/trump-must-not-be-allowed-to-torpedo-the-palestinian-right-to

By Naama Blatman and Neve Gordon

Published February 5, 2025

US president’s latest comments confirm Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza is aimed at permanently removing its Palestinian population.

Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2589674

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published February 10, 2025

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, February 9, 2025

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 23)

The Hague, 7 February 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

EDITORIAL | A Life Without Borders

Source: Middle East Monitor
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250129-dear-world-this-is-what-palestinian-unity-looks-like/

By Dr Ramzy Baroud
Published January 29, 2025

Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/west-hides-gaza-genocide-guilt-holocaust-day-how

By Jonathan Cook

Published January 31, 2025

The ghosts of thousands of Palestinian children crushed by Israeli bombs loomed over this year's Auschwitz commemorations