Building the Bridge > Common Grounds https://buildingthebridge.eu en-US Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:09:20 +0100 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:09:20 +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.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2024 22:56:57 +0200 sergio@a-side.nl (Administrator) The two-stage killing of Palestinians in Gaza https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/the-two-stage-killing-of-palestinians-in-gaza/2580 Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2629876

 

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Published January 19, 2026 

]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:14:12 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) Opinion - What Is Happening to Mothers and Babies in Gaza Should Leave Us Deeply, Collectively Ashamed https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/opinion-what-is-happening-to-mothers-and-babies-in-gaza-should-leave-us-deeply-collectively-ashamed/2579 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-01-19/ty-article-opinion/.premium/what-is-happening-to-mothers-and-babies-in-gaza-should-leave-us-deeply-ashamed/0000019b-d0b1-d2f8-af9b-f3f30cd70000

 

By Lucy Aitchison

Published January 19, 2026

 

As maternal mortality surges in post-war Gaza, and newborns face cold, infection, and malnutrition, pregnancy and childbirth are daily fights for survival. Women and their babies, universally noncombatants, are suffering disproportionately – and serve as a measure of our moral failure

]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:57:59 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is the nail in Gaza’s coffin https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/trump-s-board-of-peace-is-the-nail-in-gaza-s-coffin/2581 Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-01-23/trump-board-of-peace-gaza/

 

By Jonathan Cook

Published January 23, 2026

 

Feckless European leaders like Starmer let Israel and the US tear up international law in Gaza. Now, faced with Greenland and Ukraine, they are suffering from a severe case of buyer’s regret

]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:33:34 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) Palestinian bus drivers are on the front lines of Israeli racial violence https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/palestinian-bus-drivers-are-on-the-front-lines-of-israeli-racial-violence/2571 Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-bus-drivers-israel-attacks-jerusalem/?utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=30ac7c0a9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_12_2022_11_20_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1fe821d25-30ac7c0a9b-318843333

 

By Charlotte Ritz-Jack

Published January 15, 2026

 

From Jerusalem to Haifa, bus drivers and ticket inspectors are facing an unprecedented surge in attacks — be it from ultra-Orthodox youth or soccer hooligans — forcing many to choose between livelihood and safety.

]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:44:26 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) 'This Is Another Nakba': How Over 100 West Bank Palestinians Had to Leave Their Homes In Just One Day https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/this-is-another-nakba-how-over-100-west-bank-palestinians-had-to-leave-their-homes-in-just-one-day/2570 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-01-13/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-over-100-palestinians-had-to-leave-their-west-bank-homes-in-just-one-day/0000019b-b601-d728-a7ff-f7c9de850000

 

By Matan Golan

Published January 13, 2026

 

Villagers dismantle houses and sell flocks under constant harassment, while volunteers stage 'protective shifts' to keep settlers' sheep away. 'Men in peak fitness need 60-year-old activists or 20-year-old children to protect them,' says observer Amir Pansky, calling it the most revolting ethnic cleansing possible.'

]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:59 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) The War beyond Gaza: Israel’s Silent Shock Campaign in the West Bank https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/the-war-beyond-gaza-israel-s-silent-shock-campaign-in-the-west-bank/2572 Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-war-beyond-gaza-israels-silent-shock-campaign-in-the-west-bank/

 

By Ramzy Baroud

Published January 15, 2026

 

A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately following the events of October 7, 2023, and the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:43:11 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) Analysis Trump Isn't Fostering a Cease-fire Deal – He's Washing His Hands of Gaza https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/analysis-trump-isnt-fostering-a-cease-fire-deal-hes-washing-his-hands-of-gaza/2566 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026-01-03/ty-article/.premium/trump-isnt-fostering-a-deal-but-washing-his-hands-of-gaza/0000019b-75fd-d019-a9df-7fff54730000

 

By Jack Khoury

Published January 3, 2026

 

Behind Trump's headline diplomacy is a void: core questions on Israeli withdrawal, Hamas disarmament, and Gaza's future governance are postponed or outsourced. This isn't a peace effort but conflict management, preserving the status quo, and leaving Palestinians without a political horizon

]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:51:20 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) Opinion | The Death of 'The Good Arab' https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/opinion-the-death-of-the-good-arab/2565 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-01-09/ty-article-opinion/.premium/no-good-arabs-palestinian-citizens-of-israel-are-being-driven-out-by-despair/0000019b-9f4e-dd67-a9ff-9f4f569a0000

 

By Hanin Majadli

Published January 9, 2026

 

There isn't a Palestinian who doesn't think about leaving or who hasn't already left

]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:40:56 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) From Gaza to Venezuela, the US has been unmasked as the serial villain https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/from-gaza-to-venezuela-the-us-has-been-unmasked-as-the-serial-villain/2567 Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-01-06/gaza-venezuela-us-serial-villain/

 

By Jonathan Cook

Published January 6, 2026

 

The path to Caracas – and potentially next to Colombia, Cuba, and Greenland, other targets of Donald Trump’s colonial greed – was paved in Gaza

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