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.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.

https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/the-world-radicalized-by-the-gaza-genocide/

By Tareq Baconi

Published December 21, 2025

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-12-23/ty-article-opinion/.premium/trumps-gaza-cease-fire-is-theater-disguising-israels-desire-to-prolong-the-war/0000019b-4a88-d034-ab9b-ca8fe17e0000

By Mahmoud Shehada

Published December 23, 2025

Despite reports of tensions between Trump and Netanyahu, the U.S. president is not challenging Israeli goals in Gaza, but accelerating them: Towards a territory permanently trapped, without sovereignty, political resolution or accountability

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-jewish-chronicle-weaponises-antisemitism-fuel-moral-panic

By Neve Gordon

Published December 4, 2025

Articles conflate pro-Palestinian activism with hatred of Jewish people, following the Israeli government's insidious playbook

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2625465

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published December 8, 2025

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-12-20/western-elites-fear-globalised-intifada/

By Jonathan Cook

Published December 20, 2025

While Western publics are being demonised as racists, the technology and strategies used today against Palestinians will become the walls of tomorrow’s prisons for us all

https://jfjfp.com/a-smaller-cage-israels-two-state-solution-on-gazas-ruins/

Muhammad Shehada writes in The New Arab on 11 December 2025

Israel is redesigning Gaza's territory to entrench fragmentation and indefinite occupation, paving the way for future depopulation and settlement building