Common Grounds


  • How to stop Israel from starving Gaza


    September 16, 2025 13:37

    Source: Al-Jazeera

    https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/9/4/how-to-stop-israel-from-starving-gaza

     

    By Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares

    Published September 4, 2025

     

    Washington shields Israel as it commits the darkest of crimes, but the family of nations still has the means and duty to act.

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  • THINK! | A Way to Getting to Know the OTHER and One ANOTHER


    April 04, 2024 22:56

    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.

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