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://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.

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.'

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.

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

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

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

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2025-12-31/ty-article/.highlight/the-harder-hope-becomes-the-more-urgent-it-is-an-israeli-palestinian-reckoning-for-2026/0000019b-7577-dd15-a3fb-fd778cdd0002

By David Issacharoff

Published December 31, 2025

Israel does not have to be a bad place. This rare moment of isolation is an opportunity for introspection. Most people here are good and willing, but many can no longer find hope

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/31/as-the-world-welcomes-a-new-year-we-in-gaza-dread-what-it-will-bring

By Qasem Waleed

Published December 31, 2025

We have seen so much evil this year that we are afraid to imagine the future.

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/us-attack-on-colombia-venezuela-six-takeaways-from-dan-kovaliks-interview/

By Romana Rubeo

Published December 1, 2025

Dan Kovalik, President Petro’s attorney, breaks down Washington’s political attack via sanctions, exposing the imperialist effort to crush Colombia’s pro-Gaza leadership and undermine the revolutionary solidarity of nations like Venezuela.