The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Category Archives: Israel
Abrams on the Middle East
One of the big problems with how foreign policy (and politics generally) gets reported is that it’s reduced to turf battles. A says this. B says that. A has the President’s ear. B says that A is an ideologue. By … Continue reading
Haveil Havalim Lots to Read Edition
Friends I’d like to invite you to read the latest edition of the Jewish/Israeli blog carnival, Haveil Havalim at Leora’s place. This edition is called, Haveil Havalim Lots to Read Edition. Next week is going to be hosted by ~ … Continue reading
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What could be worse than Hamas?
Three years ago in advance of Palestinian elections, the Washington Post heralded the participation of Hamas, in “Pre-election turmoil“: Already, too, democracy is showing its benefits. Faced with the possibility of defeat by Hamas, Fatah has been forced to overhaul … Continue reading
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Olmert stands his ground on Shalit
Ehud Olmert is standing his ground on Gilad Shalit. Israel will not open the border crossings into Gaza without the return of her kidnapped soldier. Israel will not agree to open crossings into Gaza without the return of kidnapped soldier … Continue reading
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Scenes from a premiership
From 1996 to 1999, Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu was Prime Minister of Israel. During his term in office he was viewed with skepticism, if not hostility by the Clinton administration, much of the American media, the foreign policy establishment and the … Continue reading
Iraqis want Israel to pay “reparations” for Osirak
You have got to be kidding me. BAGHDAD Iraqi parliamentarians are demanding Israel pay billions of dollars in reparations for a 1981 Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, Baghdad’s daily Al Sabbah reported on Thursday. Mohammed Naji Mohammed, a … Continue reading
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Hamas putting the rocket fire in cease fire
Once again proving that only Israel gets to violate a truce, the AP has returned to form. Here’s what the AP thinks constitutes a “straining” of the cease fire: Firing rockets into Israel. An agreement between Hamas and Israel to … Continue reading
Right? Right! Wrong!
It’s an article of faith that the results of Israel’s election this week show that the country has moved to the right. And yes, on one level the electorate shows a shift to the right from the current configuration. However, … Continue reading
Briefly
Hamas feeling the PR pinch, 1: Hamas gave back the aid it stole from the UN, mostly because for the first time ever, the UN complained about it. Oh, and UNRWA stopped all aid going into Gaza because of the … Continue reading
Israel’s shift to the right
The vote in Israel shows that a majority of Israelis voted for right-leaning parties. Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party, loathed by many for issues like wanting Arab Israelis to swear a loyalty oath, won fifteen seats in the Knesset. Labor, … Continue reading
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Ain’t democracy great? Part II
After Hamas won legislative elections three years ago, the Washington Post reported: “The hope is that there is a government that is really committed to peace with Israel,” said one senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because … Continue reading
Ain’t democracy great
A surprising observation from left wing commentator, Glenn Greenwald: Needless to say, isolating an Israeli government that includes the democratically elected Yisrael Beiteinu party and childishly pretending that they don’t exist is a central prong of the peace camp’s approach … Continue reading
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The world media view on Israeli elections
The Jerusalem Post: Kadima wins, but rightist bloc biggest The Washington Post: In Israeli Vote Results, A Setback for Obama The AP: Inconclusive election puts Israel, peace in limbo The AP: Election leaves Mideast peace in doubt Reuters: Disarray as … Continue reading
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The worst paragraph in post Israeli election coverage
From the Washington Post: In many ways, the deep split in the Israeli electorate mirrors the split within the Palestinian government, between the Fatah party that controls the West Bank and the Hamas organization that controls the Gaza Strip. Fatah … Continue reading
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Election prelude
Griff Witte pontificates about today’s Israeli election. In Israel, most people welcome the idea of a solution — nearly 60 percent support the creation of a Palestinian state, according to a survey of Israeli Jews conducted late last year called … Continue reading