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: Middle East
Leveraging – reloaded
Earlier I wrote about Thomas Friedman’s column, It’s all about leverage. In retrospect the construction of that post was awkward and needs a real makeover. Friedman, is capable of astute observations. In his op-ed today he argue that Iran, Syria … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias 2 Comments
Fullbright followup
The other day it was reported that the State Department was canceling 7 Fulbright scholarship to students in Gaza. Given the way the story was reported, it looked like a pretty obvious attempt of the State Department to embarrass Israel … Continue reading
AP misinforms the world
Two versions of the same story went out about the Hizbullah/Israel trade of remains for a prisoner. In the earlier version, the background on the Samir Kuntar story went like this: A larger swap is extremely emotional for Israelis because … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Lebanon, Terrorism Tagged Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias, Samir Kuntar, Smadar Haran, Terrorism Comments Off on AP misinforms the world
More anti-Christian attacks in Gaza
Hamas’ lies about respecting Gaza’s Christians continue to be exposed, and ignored by the world. A Palestinian human rights group says assailants have beaten up guards and stolen a bus from a Christian school in Gaza. The Palestinian Center for … Continue reading
Trade in human body parts according to Hizballah
The magnanimity and generosity of Sheik Nasrallah (PBUH) doesn’t know borders. Red Cross confirms receiving box which Shiite organization claims contains body parts of Israeli soldiers killed in Second Lebanon War, following release of convicted Lebanese spy Nissim Nasser from … Continue reading
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One step closer to Samir Kuntar’s freedom
I’ve been reluctant to write about this, because it simply enrages me. The murderer who comitted one of the most heinous crimes in Israel’s history is about to be set free. Israel needs the death penalty to prevent more trades … Continue reading
Health matters according to Hamas
This Ynet headline is worth keeping for posterity. The change in the health ministry domain of responsibilities is nothing short of revolutionary. I shudder trying to imagine what kind of tasks are now under the umbrella of Hamas tourism ministry… … Continue reading
Ghost of a chance of peace
Some twenty years ago a Palestinian soda company started hiring students from the nearby Yeshiva in Beit El to certify that the soda was Kosher for sale in Israel. It seemed like a good idea at the time but then … Continue reading
Full of fulbright
Four and a half years ago three Americans were killed as they crossed into Gaza: From the wreckage, it appeared that the explosion had occurred directly beneath the driver’s seat of the second of three American vehicles, ripping off the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome Tagged Fulbright scholarships, Gaza, Israel 1 Comment
The constant AP anti-Israel drumbeat
How many anti-Israel stories can one news service publish in a week? Depends. How many stories on Israel or the Palestinians did the AP publish that week? Here’s a new one: Mean, horrible Israel is causing eight Gazan students to … Continue reading
Surprise: Tutu blames Israel
Desmond Tutu, having bypassed Israel by sneaking into Gaza via Egypt like the rest of the weapons used by Hamas, has finished his “investigation” into the deaths of Palestinians in Beit Hanoun. Of course, it was the usual by-the-book investigation, … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time Tagged Gaza, Israel 5 Comments
R-i-i-i-i-i-i-p
In order to show the progress that the Palestinian police are making, news services often provide pictures of them in amusing physical poses and give a caption that they’re undergoing training. There were a couple of pictures yesterday, that defied … Continue reading
One teeny, tiny issue keeps Syria from the Golan
A source says that Israel and Syria agree on 85% of the issues they need to agree on to give Syria back the Golan. What’s part of that 15%? Well, besides Syria trying to grab land it never had to … Continue reading
The Syria-Iran axis
Syria has no intention of giving up ties with Iran, no intention of giving up support of terrorist groups in and out of the Palestinian terrortories[sic], and therefore, no intention of the much-touted “land for peace” solution to the Golan … Continue reading
AP boilerplate ignores Syrian attacks on Israel
There’s something that’s missing from the latest AP stories on the negotiations with Syria about the Golan Heights. Israel captured the strategic plateau in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed the area. Many Israelis are reluctant to relinquish the … Continue reading