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.

https://savageminds.substack.com/p/gazafication

By Branko Marcetic

Published April 2, 2026

How the US and Israel Are Making Gaza's Brutal Warfare the New Global Standard

https://zeteo.com/p/palestinian-israeli-conflict-middle-east-solution-ayman-odeh

By Ayman Odeh

Published March 29, 2026

Read Palestinian Knesset Member Ayman Odeh’s poignant essay for Zeteo, breaking down what’s at the center of the repeated eruptions of violence in the region, and what must be done to end the cycle.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/30/green-and-yellow-two-lines-that-separate-me-from-my-land

By Refaat Ibrahim

Published March 30, 2026

Israel can draw as many lines as it wants, but we will not give up the right to our land.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/16/war-iran-gulf-west-palestine-occupation-us

By Nesrine Malik

Published March 16, 2026

In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-03-17/ty-article-opinion/israel-has-become-dangerous-for-jews-around-the-world/0000019c-f638-d938-a9fd-fe39928d0000

By Amira Hass

Published March 17, 2026

From Amsterdam to Detroit, attacks on synagogues show how Israel's wars and rhetoric are spilling over onto Diaspora communities

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/why-does-europe-invoke-international-law-on-iran-but-ignore-gaza-analysis/

By Palestine Chronicle Editors

Published March 30, 2026

European leaders invoke international law over the Iran war, exposing a stark contrast with their prolonged silence during the Gaza genocide.

https://mercyaiken.substack.com/p/from-amman-looking-towards-palestine

By Mercy Aiken

Published March 12, 2026

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-03-24/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-messianists-and-netanyahu-share-a-dream-perpetual-war/0000019d-1c1f-d1fb-a7df-1fffac240000

By Noa Limone

Published March 24, 2026

Judging by the religious-messianic atmosphere that is taking hold in our country, the aspiration is that the war won't come to an end. The war is a divine tool for realizing the vision of Greater Israel

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/from-palestine-to-iran-what-arab-and-muslim-silence-really-reveals/

By Ramzy Baroud

Published March 24, 2026

Why Arab regimes failed Palestine—and why asking the question obscures deeper structures of power, complicity, and regional political alignment.