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By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/to-dignify-or-to-destroy/

Published SEP 3, 2018

Become part of what might become the biggest letter writing campaign in the history of mankind. Anyone, everywhere may write a letter, personally or anonymously, to a designated world leader of choice in just three clicks. Immediately thereafter, the letter is published on www.buildingthebridge.eu and, simultaneously, it is flashed throughout cyberspace.

Source: https://sbahour.medium.com/understanding-american-jewish-philanthropy-c0a99e2199e4

By Sam Bahour

Published 20.10.2020

Book review of The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex by Lila Corwin Berman

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, October 18, 2020

Source: If Americans Knew 

https://israelpalestinenews.org/pro-israel-groups-reportedly-break-law-media-congress-look-the-other-way/

By Alison Weir

Published September 11, 2020

Documents obtained from the Israeli government show US pro-Israel organizations secretly used Israeli money to influence US policies. Such behavior is illegal under US law. Yet, mainstream media so far are ignoring the information, and Congress shows no interest in investigating this evidence of foreign tampering. A Congressional caucus with 80 members is connected to one of the groups…

By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/10/beyond-confirmation-bias-a-new-world-order/

Source: Patheos

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2020/10/evangelical-understanding-jews-judaism/

By Chris Gehrz

Published October 13, 2020

I’m grateful to Jay Phelan, former president of North Park Theological Seminary, for taking the time to answer a few questions about his new book, Separated Siblings: An Evangelical Understanding of Jews and Judaism (Eerdmans).

Source: The Nation

https://nation.com.pk/13-Oct-2020/the-future-of-israel-and-palestine

By Dr James J. Zogby

Published October 13, 2020

In the weeks following the signing of agreements between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, I was struck by some of the commentary by Israeli and Palestinian writers and analysts. While the views expressed by each side were polar opposites and equally hyperbolic, they were both wildly wrong.

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, October 11, 2020

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-s-founding-generation-was-a-generation-of-looters-1.9208398

By Odeh Bisharat

Published 05.10.2020

According to historian Adam Raz, in his book “Looting of Arab Property in the War of Independence” (Carmel Publishing House, in association with the Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research; in Hebrew), Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion said in July 1948: “It turned out that most of the Jews are thieves.” For me that was the most infuriating thing in the article by Ofer Aderet, who reviewed the book.

Source: CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/29/opinions/young-evangelicals-fight-climate-change-and-trump-meyaard-schaap/index.html

Opinion by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap

Published September 30, 2020

Editors note: Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is national organizer and spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. He is ordained in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and is a Public Voices Fellow of the Op-Ed Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN.