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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: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2654102

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Published August 10, 2026

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-mouse-that-wants-to-be-an-elephant-israel-and-the-steroids-of-us-aid/

By Jeremy Salt

Published August 18, 2026

Whoever wins, this is not going to affect the slow and steady degradation of Israel’s standing in the US, accompanied by ultimately steady and increasing cuts in the steroids of arms supplies and economic aid.

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-08-16/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israels-extremists-say-west-bank-annexation-is-inevitable-theyre-wrong/000001a0-0acf-d88f-abbf-decf17330000?

By Mickey Gitzin

Published August 16, 2026

The reestablishment of settlements in the northern West Bank, alongside the uptick in settler violence, is part of a broader plan to normalize annexation. But both things are a result of specific government policies that can be reversed

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 114)

The Hague, 17 August 2026 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 113)

The Hague, 14 August 2026 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/why-tell-matters-is-the-west-bank-approaching-a-new-intifada/

By Ramzy Baroud
Published August 6, 2026

If international governments continue to protect Israel from accountability, the question will no longer be whether the West Bank will rise.

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-08-10/ty-article-opinion/.premium/you-cant-integrate-israel-into-middle-east-while-isolating-it-from-palestinians/0000019f-e789-d310-a3df-e78bff280000

By Danny Citrinowicz

Published August 10, 2026

Israel cannot hold both ends of the stick – you can't continue the current policy in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, while promising an Abraham Accords expansion and Israel's integration into the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/board-peace-caves-netanyahu-and-rewrites-gaza-withdrawal-terms

By Elis Gjevori

Published August 4, 2026

Board ties any Israeli withdrawal to complete disarmament by Hamas, reversing its earlier phased approach

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/why-tell-matters-is-the-west-bank-approaching-a-new-intifada/

By Ramzy Baroud

Published August 6, 2026

If international governments continue to protect Israel from accountability, the question will no longer be whether the West Bank will rise.