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sergio@a-side.nl (Administrator) — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 22:56:57 +0200

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.

‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:53:40 +0100

Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/rabbis-ad-trump-gaza-plan

By Maya Yang

Published February 13, 2025

Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’

From Turtle Island to Palestine: On the Forced Transfer of Indigenous People from Their Land

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:50:23 +0100

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/from-turtle-island-to-palestine-on-the-forced-transfer-of-indigenous-people-from-their-land/

By Benay Blend

Published February 14, 2025

Being Jewish after Gaza: Peter Beinart's 'reckoning' is a bid to rehabilitate Zionism

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:53:49 +0100

Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/peter-beinart-being-jewish-after-gaza-destruction-book-review

By Azad Essa

Published February 14, 2025

Beinart's latest book treats Zionism as a given, erases historical Jewish opposition to the racist ideology, and gives credence to a Jewish claim over Palestine

Hypothetical, but Plausible: How to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for Good, Right Now

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:15:57 +0100

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-to-end-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-for-good-right-now/00000194-9466-d9aa-afff-957f2a0d0000?dicbo=v2-

By Dahlia Scheindlin

Published January 23, 2025

Israel has a pattern of leveraging wars for annexation, but what if it seized on the Gaza cease-fire as a gateway to a comprehensive vision for ending the conflict by political agreement? And what if the Palestinians and world powers joined? Here's one scenario