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/2024/10/from-ethnic-cleansing-to-genocide/

By Salman Abu Sitta

Published October 7, 2024

I am a survivor of the 1948 Nakba who lived to witness the 2024 genocide. I may not live to see justice be made, but I am certain our long struggle will be rewarded. Our grandchildren will live at home once again.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-09-27/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/not-all-the-jews-longed-for-a-jewish-supremacist-state-in-the-land-of-israel/00000192-2e77-d76c-a3fe-7fff069d0000

By Ronen Tal

Published September 27, 2024

Israeli soldiers abhorred violence, the Arabs didn't want to throw the Jews into the sea. Through letters written in real-time, a historian sets forth what those who fought on both sides in the 1948 war actually thought

https://www.reckon.news/justice/2024/10/7-things-palestinians-want-americans-to-consider-about-us-role-on-israels-offensive-on-gaza.html

By Ahmed Masood

Published October 7, 2024

PERSPECTIVES: On the one-year anniversary of October 7, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank share their perspective on U.S. involvement in the ongoing conflict, urging Americans to reconsider their government’s stance on its support for Israel.

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2024-09-29/killing-nasrallah-israel-price/

By Jonathan Cook

Published September 29, 2024

The West, via Israel, is fomenting for Hezbollah and the Shia resistance their own ISIS moment. Moderates are once again losing the argument – because we lost it for them

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240926-the-war-of-legitimacy-how-the-icj-and-unga-challenged-decades-of-israel-us-arrogance/

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published September 26, 2024

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-09-29/ty-article-opinion/.premium/this-israeli-army-general-has-a-plan-for-gaza-starvation-transfer-and-genocide/00000192-39c3-dc91-a1df-bfcb66f80000

By Yossi Klein

Published September 29, 2024

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/atrocities-must-end-un-organizations-agencies-warn-of-looming-regional-war/

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Published September 24, 2024 

https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/blog/why-i-hate-zionism-and-its-backers-more-than-ever

By Marion Kawas

Published September 15, 2024

Each new atrocity in Gaza brought forth performative and useless expressions of concern from Western leaders and most Arab regimes, often coined as a “global outcry”.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240923-are-hezbollah-and-israel-and-their-allies-really-ready-for-a-full-scale-regional-war/

By Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh

Published September 23, 2024