Common Grounds

---

• The Palestinian Authority's new constitution: A roadmap to statehood?

  
  February 24, 2026 15:17

  Source: The New Arab

  https://www.newarab.com/analysis/pas-new-constitution-roadmap-palestinian-statehood

   

  By Aseel Mafarjeh
  Published February 17, 2026

   

  With Israel treating annexation of the West Bank as a fait accompli, what role will a new constitution play in bolstering Palestine's bid for statehood?

  Read More

• 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.

  Read More