Building the Bridge > Common Grounds https://buildingthebridge.eu en-US Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:20:57 +0100 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:20:57 +0100 FeedWriter Building Bridges Where Others See Walls - Bridging Differences to Help Heal a Broken Humanity https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/building-bridges-where-others-see-walls-bridging-differences-to-help-heal-a-broken-humanity/50  

The Building the Bridge Foundation exists because wisdom traditions teach that walls may protect briefly, but bridges heal the human family. We create sacred spaces for people, communities, faiths, cultures, and nations to listen humbly and rediscover our shared humanity.

 

Based in The Hague since 2015, we connect painful memories with future possibilities, inviting people to see faces, hear stories, honor responsibility, and make room for mercy, truth, and hope.

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Analysis - Israeli Democracy Has Been Given a Chance. It May Not Get Another https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/analysis-israeli-democracy-has-been-given-a-chance-it-may-not-get-another/2820 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-10-28/ty-article/.premium/israeli-democracy-has-been-given-a-chance-it-may-not-get-another/000001a1-7f9d-d9b5-a3b5-7fbdd5760000

 

By Aluf Benn

Published October 28, 2026

 

Gadi Eisenkot must now persuade his partners to accept his leadership, build a framework for cooperation with the Arab parties and form a government. Netanyahu knows that many Israelis who flew in to vote won't do it again

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Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:50:41 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Liberal Zionists are trying to distance themselves from the reality that Israeli voters overwhelmingly want genocide https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/liberal-zionists-are-trying-to-distance-themselves-from-the-reality-that-israeli-voters-overwhelmingly-want-genocide/2819 Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/10/liberal-zionists-are-trying-to-distance-themselves-from-the-reality-that-israeli-voters-overwhelmingly-want-genocide/

 

By Jonathan Ofir 

Published October 30, 2026

 

Liberal Zionists bemoan both ultra-nationalist extremists and pro-Palestine activists, but Israel's latest elections show how they ultimately come to the defense of apartheid every time.

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Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:41:48 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Israeli Elections: What Awaits the Palestinians? https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/israeli-elections-what-awaits-the-palestinians/2821 Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-elections-what-awaits-the-palestinians/

 

By Ramzy Baroud

Published October 29, 2026

 

Who among Israel’s leading political figures is promising to end the genocide, lift the siege, and ensure unrestricted humanitarian aid?

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Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:59:27 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Israel’s objectives unlikely to shift as a result of election https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/israel-s-objectives-unlikely-to-shift-as-a-result-of-election/2815 Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/opinion/israels-objectives-unlikely-to-shift-as-a-result-of-election-3008290

 

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Published October 26, 2026

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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:04:45 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Silencing Palestine: America’s Shameful History of Repression Continues https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/silencing-palestine-america-s-shameful-history-of-repression-continues/2814 Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/silencing-palestine-americas-shameful-history-of-repression-continues/

 

By Stephen Rohde

Published October 24, 2026

 

The repression of Palestinian speech on American campuses occurred in partnership with the Trump administration’s vicious crackdown on student activism.

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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:52:21 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
A New Israeli Government Must Make Arabs Partners, Not Enemies https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/a-new-israeli-government-must-make-arabs-partners-not-enemies/2813 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-10-26/ty-article-opinion/.premium/a-government-of-change-must-make-clear-arab-citizens-are-partners-not-enemies/000001a1-7481-d087-a9b7-75b797a50000

 

By Ron Gerlitz

Published October 26, 2026

 

A new coalition that unseats Netanyahu won't undo years of incitement, but it can chart a new path

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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:44:42 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Navi Pillay, head of UN commission that accused Israel of genocide, wins Nobel Peace Prize https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/navi-pillay-head-of-un-commission-that-accused-israel-of-genocide-wins-nobel-peace-prize/2809 Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/navi-pillay-head-of-un-commission-that-accused-israel-of-genocide-wins-nobel-peace-prize/

 

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Published October 9, 2026

 

Choice seen as rebuke to Israel and US; Israel denounces ‘grotesque weaponization of award, to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice’; committee chair hails Pillay’s work as ‘inspiration to those who seek more peaceful world’

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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:08:44 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
No state has a ‘right’ to exist – least of all an apartheid, genocidal state like Israel https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/no-state-has-a-right-to-exist-least-of-all-an-apartheid-genocidal-state-like-israel/2808 Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-10-12/state-right-exist-apartheid-israel/

 

By Jonathan Cook

Published October 12, 2026

 

After the Greens passed a motion declaring ‘Zionism is racism’, every establishment journalist is suddenly playing dumb about the most elementary of issues in international law

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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:25:03 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
‘By the Way, the World is Not Stopping Us’: The Secret of Israel’s ‘Success’ https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/by-the-way-the-world-is-not-stopping-us-the-secret-of-israel-s-success/2807 Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/by-the-way-the-world-is-not-stopping-us-the-secret-of-israels-success/

 

By Jeremy Salt

Published October 10, 2026

 

Having tried and failed twice so far to destroy Iran, the US and Israel can be relied upon to throw everything into the next attack.

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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:17:56 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)