Building the Bridge > Common Grounds https://buildingthebridge.eu en-US Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:19:25 +0100 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:19:25 +0100 FeedWriter THINK! | A Way to Getting to Know the OTHER and One ANOTHER https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/think-a-way-to-getting-to-know-the-other-and-one-another/50 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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Thu, 04 Apr 2024 22:56:57 +0200 sergio@a-side.nl (Administrator)
Inside ‘Greater Israel’: myths and truths behind the long-time Zionist fantasy https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/inside-greater-israel-myths-and-truths-behind-the-long-time-zionist-fantasy/2242 Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/inside-greater-israel-myths-and-truths-behind-the-long-time-zionist-fantasy/

 

By Qassam Muaddi

Published December 17, 2024

 

The expansive territorial ambitions of creating a "Greater Israel" once seemed only to be a right-wing Zionist fantasy. Today, current events in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria show it might be closer than many ever thought possible.

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Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:05:19 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
'We Need to Protect the Palestinians in the Name of a Shared Future,' Says Israeli-German Philosopher Omri Boehm https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/we-need-to-protect-the-palestinians-in-the-name-of-a-shared-future-says-israeli-german-philosopher-omri-boehm/2241 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/israelis-need-to-protect-the-palestinians-in-the-name-of-a-shared-future/00000193-c0a8-d80a-ad9b-f6ad32780000

 

By Netta Ahituv

Published December 14, 2024

 

The Israeli left, since October 7, has shown itself no less deserving of criticism than the global left, says the Israeli-German philosopher Omri Boehm, a universalist who advocates a one-state solution as the only way to achieve full human equality here

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Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:39:05 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
I am living my own Nakba https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/i-am-living-my-own-nakba/2243 Source: Al-Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/22/i-am-living-my-own-nakba

 

By Asem Al Jerjawi

Published December 22, 2024

 

I have lost my home and I feel I may be losing my homeland too.

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Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:15:42 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Opinion | Israelis Feel the War Is Over. For Gazans It's a Different Story https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/opinion-israelis-feel-the-war-is-over-for-gazans-its-a-different-story/2236 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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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:27:41 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Genocide Israel is living in the past https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/genocide-israel-is-living-in-the-past/2235 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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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:27:36 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds/2237 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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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:27:48 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/the-west-bank-villages-wiped-off-the-map-by-israeli-settler-violence/2229 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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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:38:20 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Palestine Letter: Reporting genocide, and why words do matter https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/palestine-letter-reporting-genocide-and-why-words-do-matter/2228 Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/palestine-letter-reporting-genocide-and-why-words-do-matter/

 

By Qassam Muaddi

Published December 4, 2024

 

Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to be a journalist. I want to practice journalism in Palestine and about Palestine. I never doubted that through journalism, I could help Palestine and the world be a better place until last year.

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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:19:57 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Biden and Starmer are destroying international law to protect Israel’s genocide https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/biden-and-starmer-are-destroying-international-law-to-protect-israel-s-genocide/2230 Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/biden-starmer-destroying-international-protect-israel-genocide

 

By Jonathan Cook

Published December 4, 2024

 

When everything is exposed as a lie, the biggest liars triumph. The forces of darkness rush in to fill the void. That is the future awaiting us

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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:23:49 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)