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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: Haaretz
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-10-13/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-world-not-trump-defeated-netanyahu/00000199-d921-d7e9-adfd-db67d5300000

By Odeh Bisharat
Published October 13, 2025

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-10-13/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-world-not-trump-defeated-netanyahu/00000199-d921-d7e9-adfd-db67d5300000

By Odeh Bisharat

Published October 13, 2025

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-defeat-of-israel-and-the-rebirth-of-palestinian-agency/

By Ramzy Baroud

Published October 12, 2025

If we are to speak of a Palestinian victory in Gaza, it is a resounding triumph for the Palestinian people, their indomitable spirit, and their deeply rooted resistance that transcends faction, ideology, and politics.

Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/why-the-world-must-never-forget-the-victims-of-the-gaza-genocide/

Talal Ahmad Abu Rokbeh writes in Middle East Eye on 8 October 2025

Israel's atrocities have inspired a global defence of humanity, justice, and the right of all peoples to self-determination

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, October 12, 2025

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 55)

The Hague, 10 October 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/will-gaza-surrender-ramzy-baroud-and-robert-inlakesh-discuss-trumps-plan-on-floodgate/

By Romana Rubeo
Published October 6, 2025

In this FloodGate episode, Baroud and Inlakesh dissect Trump’s so-called Gaza plan, exposing how Western diplomacy seeks to turn genocide into surrender.

Source The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/war-peace-israel-recognising-palestine-donald-trump-gaza

By Raja Shehadeh

Published October 7, 2025

Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank, we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our way

Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/between-a-revolution-and-a-whisper/

By Thawra Abukhdeir

Published October 6, 2025

For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence is the condition of our citizenship. However, upon encountering solidarity abroad, I realized that my body had forgotten what it felt like to speak freely.