Building the Bridge > The Wednesday Edition https://buildingthebridge.eu en-US Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:13:20 +0100 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:13:20 +0100 FeedWriter Our Wednesday News Analysis | ‘We Die, So They May Live’: Struggling for Survival amid Gaza’s Rubble https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-we-die-so-they-may-live-struggling-for-survival-amid-gaza-s-rubble/2258 Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/we-die-so-they-may-live-struggling-for-survival-amid-gazas-rubble/

 

By Donya Abu Sitta
Published January 11, 2025

 

Amid the rubble of Gaza, survivors recount harrowing tales of endurance, loss, and resilience in the face of unimaginable devastation.

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Our Wednesday News Analysis | Genocide: The New Normal https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-genocide-the-new-normal/2252 Source: The Chris Hedges Report
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/genocide-the-new-normal

 

By Chris Hedges
Published January 6, 2025

 

Israel and the U.S. government will continue the genocide in Gaza for many months until the Palestinians are annihilated or driven from their homeland and Greater Israel is consolidated.

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Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:34:28 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Our Wednesday News Analysis https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis/2244  

EDITORIAL | MERRY CHRISTMAS!


What is even more extraordinary about the Manger in Bethlehem? It’s about salvation—preservation or deliverance from harm,ruin, or loss. “They try to present it to us as economic salvation.” In theology, salvation signifies deliverance from sin and its consequences – a return to God.

 

I sense salvation as being enveloped in His Holy Presence, “where there is fullness of joy.” Salvation on earth is a journey toward holiness. The path to salvation is narrow and challenging, filled with convoluted uphill obstacles.

 

On earth, Salvation – the walk and talk toward holiness – is more complicated than in heaven. Thank goodness for grace. One can’t earn their way into heaven. Grace is a given.

 

The manger trumpets an existential truth, a life, and a way known from the beginning:

 

               Talk his truth.
               Live his life.
               Walk his way.

 

Christians believe they are called to become a light among nations, to spread the good news about the Kingdom of God, the Promised Land.

 

Jews are called to become a light among nations and to invite others into the Promised Land.

 

Muslims are called to become a light among nations to encourage people everywhere to submit to Allah (in Arabic), Elohah (sound-alike in Hebrew), and Elohim (the plural perception of God as described in Genesis).

 

Zion, the Kingdom of God, is the Promised Land. The Good News is that Zionism is a return to God.


Biblically, Zion always refers to the City of God. We can achieve global peace through God's strength, rather than relying solely on our own.

 

Christmas means a return to God.

 

 

I AM LIVING MY OWN NAKBA

 

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

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Our Wednesday News Analysis | Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds/2238 Source: The Guardian
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

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Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:33:31 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Our Wednesday News Analysis | Biden and Starmer are destroying international law to protect Israel’s genocide https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-biden-and-starmer-are-destroying-international-law-to-protect-israel-s-genocide/2231 Source: Middle East Eye
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

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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:37:40 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Our Wednesday News Analysis | ‘Genocide’ vs ‘Bigger Genocide’ in Gaza: Time to Decolonize Our Minds https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-genocide-vs-bigger-genocide-in-gaza-time-to-decolonize-our-minds/2224 Source: Ramzy Baroud Blog
https://ramzybaroud.net/genocide-vs-bigger-genocide-in-gaza-time-to-decolonize-our-minds/

 

By Ramzy Baroud
Published November 30, 2024

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Our Wednesday News Analysis | World reacts to ICC arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-world-reacts-to-icc-arrest-warrants-for-israel-s-netanyahu-gallant/2218 Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians
https://jfjfp.com/world-reacts-to-icc-arrest-warrants-for-israels-netanyahu-gallant/

 

Al Jazeera reports on 21 November 2024:

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Our Wednesday News Analysis | Colin Sheridan: A letter to all my friends who tell me to feel happy https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-colin-sheridan-a-letter-to-all-my-friends-who-tell-me-to-feel-happy/2211 Source: Irish Examiner
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41516819.html

 

By Colin Sheridan
Published November 14, 2024

 

Writing about the genocide taking place in Palestine seems the most obvious thing in the world to do. That other people do not think so confounds and depresses me

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Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:35:13 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Our Wednesday News Analysis | How Palestine has become a domestic US political issue https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-how-palestine-has-become-a-domestic-us-political-issue/2204 Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2578891

 

By Ramzy Baroud
Published November 11, 2024

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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:54:57 +0100 dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster)
Our Wednesday News Analysis | Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza https://buildingthebridge.eu/the-wednesday-edition/general/our-wednesday-news-analysis-israel-kills-the-journalists-western-media-kills-the-truth-of-genocide-in-gaza/2197 Source: Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-israel-kills-journalists-western-media-killing-truth-genocide

 

By Jonathan Cook
Published October 25, 2024

 

Western publics are being subjected to a campaign of psychological warfare, where genocide is classed as ‘self-defence’ and opposition to it ‘terrorism’

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