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sergio@a-side.nl (Administrator) — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 22:56:57 +0200

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.

This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:40:26 +0200

Source The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/war-peace-israel-recognising-palestine-donald-trump-gaza

By Raja Shehadeh

Published October 7, 2025

Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank, we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our way

Between a revolution and a whisper

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:31:27 +0200

Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/between-a-revolution-and-a-whisper/

By Thawra Abukhdeir

Published October 6, 2025

For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence is the condition of our citizenship. However, upon encountering solidarity abroad, I realized that my body had forgotten what it felt like to speak freely.

Will Gaza Surrender? Ramzy Baroud and Robert Inlakesh Discuss Trump’s Plan on FloodGate

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:56:23 +0200

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/will-gaza-surrender-ramzy-baroud-and-robert-inlakesh-discuss-trumps-plan-on-floodgate/

By Romana Rubeo

Published October 6, 2025

In this FloodGate episode, Baroud and Inlakesh dissect Trump’s so-called Gaza plan, exposing how Western diplomacy seeks to turn genocide into surrender.

Our Wednesday News Analysis | Recognition of Palestine is a repeat of the West’s Oslo ‘peace’ fraud

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:17:29 +0200

Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2025-09-26/recognition-of-palestine-is-a-repeat-of-the-wests-oslo-peace-fraud/

By Jonathan Cook

Published September 26, 2025

Britain’s Keir Starmer is already pulling the rug from under his own grudging declaration. The only hope of change is of the unintended consequences variety

As Israel wages war on the whole region, the Arabs are finally turning

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:41:04 +0200

Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/as-israel-wages-war-on-the-whole-region-the-arabs-are-finally-turning/

David Hearst writes in Middle East Eye on 24 September 2025

Israel is clearly embarked on an expansion by brute force. Only the combined diplomatic, economic, and military force of the region is capable of stopping it