Building the Bridge > Common Grounds https://buildingthebridge.eu en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:55:26 +0200 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:55:26 +0200 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)
Israel’s attack on Iran: The violent new world being born is going to horrify you https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/israel-s-attack-on-iran-the-violent-new-world-being-born-is-going-to-horrify-you/2402 Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2025-06-19/israel-attack-iran-new-world/

 

By Jonathan Cook

Published June 19, 2025

 

Twenty years ago, the US warned prematurely of the ‘birth pangs’ of a new Middle East. Now they have arrived in full force – and they will not end in Iran

 

Middle East Eye – 19 June 2025

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Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:31:25 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Sumud: The unyielding heart of the Palestinian cause in Gaza https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/sumud-the-unyielding-heart-of-the-palestinian-cause-in-gaza/2401 Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250621-sumud-the-unyielding-heart-of-the-palestinian-cause-in-gaza/

 

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published June 21, 2025

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Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:10:20 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Israel no longer hides its genocidal aims in Gaza. Will the world keep looking away? https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/israel-no-longer-hides-its-genocidal-aims-in-gaza-will-the-world-keep-looking-away/2397 Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/israel-no-longer-hides-its-genocidal-aims-in-gaza-will-the-world-keep-looking-away/

 

Omar H. Rahman writes in +972 on 3 June 2025

 

Since Trump's return, Israel has dropped all pretenses of self-defense. But even as it evades accountability, it has cemented its legacy as a global pariah.

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Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:32:19 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Our Wednesday News Analysis | Greta Thunberg tried to shame western leaders – and found they have no shame https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/our-wednesday-news-analysis-greta-thunberg-tried-to-shame-western-leaders-and-found-they-have-no-shame/2398 Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2025-06-12/greta-thunberg-shame-west-leaders/

 

By Jonathan Cook

Published June 12, 2025

Middle East Eye – 12 June 2025

 

Israel is completing its genocide. Keir Starmer says the aid blockade is ‘intolerable’. And yet day after day he tolerates Israel’s bombs, gunfire and mass starvation campaign

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Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:51:38 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
‘Not in our name’: historic anti-Zionist Congress underway in Vienna https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/not-in-our-name-historic-anti-zionist-congress-underway-in-vienna/2396 Source: 5Pillars

https://5pillarsuk.com/2025/06/14/not-in-our-name-historic-anti-zionist-congress-underway-in-vienna/

 

By Rob Carter

Published June 14, 2025

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Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:26:33 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Gaza’s ‘humanitarian’ façade: A deceptive ploy unraveled https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/gaza-s-humanitarian-facade-a-deceptive-ploy-unraveled/2391 Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250604-gazas-humanitarian-facade-a-deceptive-ploy-unraveled/

 

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published June 4, 2025

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Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:18:52 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
‘Hamas has Defeated Us’ – Ret. Israeli Maj. Gen. Brik Speaks of ‘Collective Suicide’ https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/hamas-has-defeated-us-ret-israeli-maj-gen-brik-speaks-of-collective-suicide/2390 Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hamas-has-defeated-us-ret-israeli-maj-gen-brik-speaks-of-collective-suicide/

 

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Published June 8, 2025

 

The retired general directly addressed the ongoing war on Gaza, now entering its twentieth month, dismissing official Israeli claims of progress.

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Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:08:52 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
The Last Days of Gaza https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/the-last-days-of-gaza/2392 Source: The Chris Hedges Report

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-last-days-of-gaza

 

By Chris Hedges

Published June 9, 2025

 

The genocide is almost complete. When it is concluded it will not only have decimated the Palestinians, but will have exposed the moral bankruptcy of Western civilization.

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Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:32:08 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Analysis | Performance, Punishment or Policy: What Would Recognizing Palestine Really Mean? https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general-4/analysis-performance-punishment-or-policy-what-would-recognizing-palestine-really-mean/2386 Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-28/ty-article/.premium/performance-punishment-or-policy-what-would-recognizing-palestine-really-mean/00000197-165c-de0d-a7f7-b67f167b0000

 

By Dahlia Scheindlin

Published May 28, 2025

 

Nearly 150 countries have already recognized Palestinian statehood, with more in train. Opposing them are Israelis who dream of annexation, and even some Palestinians tired of symbolic declarations. Can the new French-Saudi two-state initiative break the mold?

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Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:14:27 +0200 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)