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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.

The Only Way to Stop Killing Each other is TO STOP KILLING EACH OTHER.

The Hague, The Netherlands, 19 April 2024 | Tell the world if you know of a decisive story. We are still searching.

VIDEO ANALYSIS | IRAN VS ISRAEL: WILL ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES?

Will Netanyahu drag the world into World War III?

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/an-iranian-retaliation-is-coming-this-is-why-analysis/

By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo
Published April 12, 2024

Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/09/50-years-mourned-palestine-parents-israel-gaza-hope

By Raja Shehadeh

Published April 9, 2024

Israel’s onslaught has been on a scale never seen before. I spend my days searching for hope

Source: Juicy Ecumenism

https://juicyecumenism.com/2024/04/11/tucker-carlson-questions-israel/

By Jeffrey Walton

Published April 11, 2024

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/an-iranian-retaliation-is-coming-this-is-why-analysis/

By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo

Published April 12, 2024

Living Words from John Paul II
Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published September 4, 2022

What Comes Around Goes Around

The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 April 2024 | Tell the world if you know of a decisive story. We're still searching.

BREAKING | IRAN STRIKE ON ISRAEL ‘IMMINENT’ – BLOOMBERG

Oil prices rose above $90 on anonymous intelligence reports

Source: Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-killing-aid-workers-israel-plan-destroy-gaza

By Jonathan Cook
Published April 9, 2024

The isolation of Gaza is almost complete. The laws of war have been torn up and the enclave is now completely at Israel’s mercy

Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/biden-has-no-emotional-attachment-to-israel-its-about-politics/?utm_content=buffer28fbd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer

By Philip Weiss

Published April 8, 2024

The New Yorker asks, "Why is the most powerful country in human history essentially taking orders from a country that relies on it for aid?” and then avoids the most obvious answer.