Common Grounds

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• The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence

  
  December 10, 2024 14:38

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-west-bank-villages-wiped-off-the-map-by-israeli-settler-violence/

   

  Oren Ziv writes in +972 on 4 December 2024

   

  Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers — almost always with the backing of the army and police.

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• Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds

  
  December 17, 2024 15:27

  Source: The Guardian

  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/11/death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds

   

  By Julian Borger

  Published December 11, 2024

   

  Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people

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• Genocide Israel is living in the past

  
  December 17, 2024 15:27

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/16/genocide-israel-is-living-in-the-past

   

  By Haidar Eid

  Published December 16, 2024

   

  A state founded on apartheid and settler colonialism is no longer viable.

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• Opinion | Israelis Feel the War Is Over. For Gazans It's a Different Story

  
  December 17, 2024 15:27

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-12-16/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-war-is-over-ask-the-dying-in-gaza/00000193-cba6-dd44-a9bb-fbe72c810000

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published December 16, 2024

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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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