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.youtube.com/watch?v=GV0cAv_61HI

Published June 9, 2026 

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/why-gaza-matters-from-never-again-to-ecocide-a-liberated-palestine-benefits-us-all/

By Benay Blend

Published June 9, 2026

As history continues to repeat itself, it is important to understand that what happens in Gaza matters beyond its borders.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-06-05/ty-article-magazine/.premium/if-the-netanyahu-government-falls-this-will-be-the-reason/0000019e-92b7-da37-a19f-d6bfa4450000

By Dahlia Scheindlin

Published June 5, 2026

The parties in the governing coalition rely on strong support from Israelis in the north and religious Zionist West Bank settlements. Hezbollah fire and the resentment toward the government's resistance to draft ultra-Orthodox men could send these votes to the opposition

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-dahiyeh-gamble-how-netanyahus-escalation-backfired-into-an-iranian-victory/

By Ramzy Baroud

Published June 8, 2026

Netanyahu’s attack on Beirut may have triggered a historic shift, linking Lebanon’s security directly to Iranian military deterrence.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2644036

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Published May 18, 2026

https://jfjfp.com/pax-silica-the-gaza-genocide-and-the-crisis-of-global-capitalism/

William I. Robinson and M. Gürsan Şenalp write in Mondoweiss on 24 May 2026 

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-05-20/western-leaders-charade-democracies/

By Jonathan Cook 

Published May 20, 2026

The super-rich and their vassals are deeply invested in the system because it richly rewards them. They’ll deploy everything they can – from the media to the ‘security’ forces – to prevent change

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/israels-path-not-taken

Published May 15, 2026

A memoir by the son of an Israeli general who took up the Palestinian cause shows what might have been

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/territorial-imperialism-returns-what-lies-behind-the-israeli-assault-on-iran/

By Ilan Pappe

Published May 24, 2026

From Israel’s early alliance with the Shah’s Iran to the rise of messianic Zionism and expanding regional warfare, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 assault on Iran: what truly lies behind Israel’s confrontation with Tehran? In this critical reading, Ilan Pappé argues that the answer extends far beyond security or nuclear concerns, locating the conflict instead within a broader ideological project rooted in Zionism, territorial expansion, and the long-standing effort to reshape the Middle East in ways inseparable from the Palestinian question.