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://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/inside-greater-israel-myths-and-truths-behind-the-long-time-zionist-fantasy/

By Qassam Muaddi

Published December 17, 2024

The expansive territorial ambitions of creating a "Greater Israel" once seemed only to be a right-wing Zionist fantasy. Today, current events in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria show it might be closer than many ever thought possible.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/israelis-need-to-protect-the-palestinians-in-the-name-of-a-shared-future/00000193-c0a8-d80a-ad9b-f6ad32780000

By Netta Ahituv

Published December 14, 2024

The Israeli left, since October 7, has shown itself no less deserving of criticism than the global left, says the Israeli-German philosopher Omri Boehm, a universalist who advocates a one-state solution as the only way to achieve full human equality here

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/22/i-am-living-my-own-nakba

By Asem Al Jerjawi

Published December 22, 2024

I have lost my home and I feel I may be losing my homeland too.

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-12-16/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-war-is-over-ask-the-dying-in-gaza/00000193-cba6-dd44-a9bb-fbe72c810000

By Jack Khoury

Published December 16, 2024

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/16/genocide-israel-is-living-in-the-past

By Haidar Eid

Published December 16, 2024

A state founded on apartheid and settler colonialism is no longer viable.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/11/death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds

By Julian Borger

Published December 11, 2024

Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people

https://jfjfp.com/the-west-bank-villages-wiped-off-the-map-by-israeli-settler-violence/

Oren Ziv writes in +972 on 4 December 2024

Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers — almost always with the backing of the army and police.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/palestine-letter-reporting-genocide-and-why-words-do-matter/

By Qassam Muaddi

Published December 4, 2024

Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to be a journalist. I want to practice journalism in Palestine and about Palestine. I never doubted that through journalism, I could help Palestine and the world be a better place until last year.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/biden-starmer-destroying-international-protect-israel-genocide

By Jonathan Cook

Published December 4, 2024

When everything is exposed as a lie, the biggest liars triumph. The forces of darkness rush in to fill the void. That is the future awaiting us