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
The other side of “No one was killed in the rocket barrage”
The miracle of Hanukkah, 2008: Three children were saved from terrorist rocket fire. The lives of three children – aged four, five and eight – were saved Wednesday, as a Grad missile fired from northern Gaza hit their home, moments … Continue reading
More Mideast euphemisms
There’s another entry in the annals of euphemism in Middle East reporting. The word is “study” as in: Hamas ready to study new Gaza cease-fire with Israel A headline seen in many online news stories yesterday. Here’s what it really … Continue reading
Rocket barrages from Hamas: The Blame Israel Media steps up
Someone in the AP decided that even that news service can’t keep ignoring dozens of missiles fired at Israeli civilians. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip bombarded southern Israel with dozens of mortars and rockets on Wednesday, sowing panic and … Continue reading
Eyeless on the Potomac: the WaPo tells Israel to defend itself with the goodwill of Hamas
Israel has some tough choices ahead. Amos Harel of Ha’aretz writes: According to leaks from Jerusalem Sunday, a decision has been made for an extensive military action, and a ground operation is not out of the question. At this stage, … Continue reading
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Second light
Something different from my usual virtual menorah: Pictures from a Chanukah party I attended tonight. Four of my seven students from last year were there, as well as one of my favorites from three years ago. And there were new … Continue reading
The problem with the world viewpoint on Israel
Here is the problem with the world’s viewpoint on Israel in a nutshell. What part of this definition don’t the media organizations understand? a military order to cease firing a suspension of active hostilities Apparently, all of it. Hamas says … Continue reading
Seated between Iraq and Israel
Rick Richman pays tribute the Irish diplomat and scholar Conor Cruise O’Brien. He notes Martin Peretz’s observation that the NYT in its obituary doesn’t make mention of his book, “The Siege.” O’Brien was a contributor to The Atlantic, and that … Continue reading
The Gaza War: Finally imminent
Unless this is all talk, the IDF is finally going to go into Gaza in force. Meanwhile, Defense officials revealed that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak met privately on Thursday and decided that Israel would respond … Continue reading
Post-ceasefire post-mortem
Barry Rubin in Liar, Liar, pants on ceasefire on reasons why it was a mistake for Hamas to end the ceasefire: The first is that they ending the ceasefire while George W. Bush is president. Certainly Israel feels freer to … Continue reading
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AP bias followup
The AP has edited its reprehensible headline, but the story remains an example of the anti-Israel bias typical of the world media. Gaza truce recedes as rockets hit Israel Now, the headline mentions the rocketing that caused the IDF to … Continue reading
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Life in Israel
Here’s something you don’t usually see in the mainstream media: The Israeli citizen’s point of view. Yesterday, Elie and I drove to the mall. A few weeks ago, we had been there to drop off something that needed to be … Continue reading
When does it become a farce?
The New York Times explains why the Israeli ceasefire with Hamas didn’t work: Their job, the Hamas officials said, was to stop the rocket attacks on Israel not only from its own armed groups, but also from others based in … Continue reading
IDF to Hamas: We’re not fighting the last war
Ynet quotes a senior IDF official who says that Israel is fighting the next war, while Hamas is fighting the last one. However, officials made it clear that should Hamas and other groups continue to fire rockets and mortar shells … Continue reading
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Pretend truce is officially over
The fantasy truce—the one where it’s okay to launch a few hundred rockets, instead of thousands—has been officially declared over by Hamas, and of course, it’s not their fault. It’s Israel’s. Hamas on Thursday declared the end of a six-month-old … Continue reading
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Gideon’s babble
Why would someone who’s self described as “left of Meretz” support Netanyahu for Prime Minister of Israel? Here’s whtat the Economist’s former Israel correspondent, Gideon Lichfield writes: So if we’re talking about economic policy, he has a more ambitious and … Continue reading
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