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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.

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, 16 March 2025

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 28)

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

Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/manifest-destiny-and-zionism-a-legacy-of-ethnic-cleansing/

By Alexander Shelby
Published March 5, 2025

When Donald Trump proposed turning Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East” by forcefully removing its indigenous Palestinian population, he was not introducing a new idea but following an American tradition as old as Manifest Destiny itself.

Source: Daily Sabah

https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/broken-toys-among-the-ashes-children-in-the-shadow-of-war

By Melda Civelek

Published March 10, 2025

War's toll on children is immeasurable, as mental scars persist long after the bombs stop

Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/world/middleeast/west-bank-trump-evangelicals.html

By Ephrat Livni

Published March 8, 2025

Some 80 percent of white, evangelical Christians voted for President Trump. Now, some want a policy change that could undermine a future Palestinian state.

Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/manifest-destiny-and-zionism-a-legacy-of-ethnic-cleansing/

By Alexander Shelby

Published March 5, 2025

When Donald Trump proposed turning Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East” by forcefully removing its indigenous Palestinian population, he was not introducing a new idea but following an American tradition as old as Manifest Destiny itself.

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, 9 March 2025

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 27)

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

Source: substack.com
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/netanyahu-only-ever-saw-the-hostages

By Jonathan Cook
Published February 26, 2025

Western leaders and media are helping bolster a propaganda narrative about the Israeli captives that makes the resumption of Israel’s slaughter all but inevitable