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: Media
A story about Gilad Shalit that does not discuss Gilad Shalit
The Christian Science Monitor, a newspaper that has never been a friend to Israel, carries a story with this headline: Israel’s captured youths: Gilad Shalit and a Palestinian girl with braces You would expect it to be a profile of … Continue reading
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Anatomy of an anti-Israel hit piece
The headline of an AP article earlier today: Israel prepares for battle over war crimes claims The update this afternoon: Israel trying to dodge overseas prosecution The original lead: Oct 1, 7:55 AM (ET) By AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) – … Continue reading
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The AP: Nothing can’t be spun anti-Israel
You would think that the AP would give us a break on Yom Kippur. You would be wrong. Israel shuts down for Day of Atonement amid fears Alternate headline: Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur, amid fears of perceived Iranian … Continue reading
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The Goldstone Standard Part II
The Goldstone Commission report discusses the case of the al-Samouni family (.pdf page 202). 712. In the morning of 5 January 2009, around 6.30 – 7 a.m., Wa’el al-Samouni, Saleh al-Samouni, Hamdi Maher al-Samouni, Muhammad Ibrahim al-Samouni and Iyad al-Samouni, … Continue reading
Kemp vs. Goldstone
Why does an expert in fighting insurgencies who defended Israel get much less attention than a judge who tendentiously applies the law in service of an organization with a record of bias against Israel? Is it because the latter presented … Continue reading
J-Street: The lobby that isn’t
One of the things that struck me in the New York Times’ hagiography of J-Street is this quote: The average age of the dozen or so staff members is about 30. Ben-Ami speaks for, and to, this post-Holocaust generation. “They’re … Continue reading
The “U” in UN stands for “Useless”
UNIFIL was warned ten days beforehand that Lebanese terrorists planned to fire rockets into Israel. They were even told what kind of rockets were going to be used. And so, UNIFIL took that information and warned Israel. Oh, wait. No … Continue reading
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Update on my letter to the AP
I never did get an answer to my letter to the AP, asking why they keep using the phrase “traditionally Arab” to describe east Jerusalem. But I notice that phrase hasn’t been used lately. The AP seems to be using … Continue reading
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Analyzing the AP anti-Israel bias
The subtleties of the AP anti-Israel bias are always in evidence, no matter who the writer, no matter what the subject. Witness: The gist of the article is a debate between Israeli president and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, palestinian politics Tagged Arab League, Israel, Media Bias 1 Comment
Documenting Reuters anti-Israel bias
It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. A new blog is keeping an eye on the Reuters anti-Israel bias. Boy, are they never gonna run out of material for posts. For example: “We believe our post is … Continue reading
Netanyahu on Jerusalem
This quote should be engraved in bronze: “Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is the sovereign capital of the State of Israel. We have been building in Jerusalem for 3,000 years.” British protesters were out in droves tonight, forcing Bibi … Continue reading
Two sides to a blood libel
The New York Times seems to feel that there are two sides to the charges in a Swedish newspaper that the IDF kills Palestinians and takes their organs for transplants. Read Accusation of Organ Theft Stokes Ire in Israel. “Stokes … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias Tagged Blood Libel 1 Comment
Hopeful and defiant
Even as the Washington Post reports that President Obama, meeting with Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, is optimistic about peace in the Middle East, it runs a parallel story Netanyahu’s Defiance of U.S. Resonates at Home: For five months, Israeli Prime … Continue reading
Swedish newspaper channels der Sturmer
It’s 2009, but you wouldn’t know it from reading this Swedish newspaper article. It’s like a mixture of urban legend and anti-Semitic blood libel. It’s so awful, you just have to wonder: Are the editors of this newspaper out of … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias, World Tagged Anti-Semitism, Blood Libel, Israel, Sweden 2 Comments
Stuck on “moderate”
As members of Fatah leave their conference preparing to govern their people effectively, they offered what sounds like a tantalizing commitment. They reiterated their commitment to the “peace option.” We would like very much to take the delegates’ words at … Continue reading
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