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…
Tag Archives: Israel
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
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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Europe still pays to murder Jews
The Palestinians exceeded their European budget expectations last year. Europe apparently still has absolutely no qualms about funding the murder of Jews. The international community has given 1.7 billion dollars (1.18 billion euros) in aid to the Palestinian Authority over … Continue reading
The pretend truce is over
The IDF bombed a couple of rocket labs in Gaza. Israeli aircraft conducted two nighttime air strikes against terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip for the first time in six months, this following rocket fire on the western Negev region. … Continue reading
Euphemism of the year: Suicide bombings are “Violent, politically motivated attacks”
The Toronto Star wins the 2008 Euphemism of the Year Award for this sentence about the Israeli separation fence: But defenders of the barrier say it has dramatically reduced the incidence of violent, politically motivated attacks launched against Israel by … Continue reading
British anti-Israel profs lose the fight
A big win for the good guys: The UK academics that have been leading the charge to boycott Israeli universities have given up trying to isolate Israeli academics, and only Israeli academics, because they don’t like the policies of the … Continue reading
The Iranian existential threat
Israel’s detractors are fond of saying that Iran is not a threat to Israel. But Iran is insistent on proving that Israel’s existence is being threatened on a regular basis, backed by what could soon become the capability to explode … Continue reading
Compare and contrast: the UNHRC on Israel and the UAE
Compare and contrast the following reports from the UN Human Rights Council. Let’s look at one paragraph of recommendations for Israel (that don’t include the Palestinians, as most of them do). Please note the tone. It’s very important. Among the … Continue reading
99 UNHRC demands
The UN Human Wrongs Council has made a list of 99 “recommendations” (we shall call them “demands”) that Israel must follow before, presumably, the UNHRC stops blaming Israel for all of the wrongs in the world while ignoring utterly the … Continue reading
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Iran sending ship to be turned back at Gaza
Iran is going to send a ship of humanitarian aid to be turned back from Gaza. No word whether or not that aid includes the ingredients to make rockets, EFPs, and tons of ammunition. Iran’s Red Crescent announced on Wednesday … Continue reading
Paying the terrorists to bomb Israeli schools
You can spin this any way you like, the bottom line is this: When $25 million goes into Gaza, rockets come out. Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday approved the transfer of NIS 100 million ($25.5 million) from the West … Continue reading
An open letter to the world media
Dear World Media, I know you’ve been very busy with much more important things, like Jews fighting Jews in Hebron (you really love when that happens), or Gaza banks closing due to Israel’s refusal to hand money over to Hamas … Continue reading
The UN’s Israel obsession, continued
Libya called the UN Security Council into an emergency session on Wednesday. Was it war? Famine? Zimbabwe? Sudan? Piracy off the coast of Africa? The situation in Mumbai? Afghanistan? China? Tibet? Kashmir? Nope. It’s because the IDF turned back a … Continue reading
Israel breaks the truce by responding to constant rocket fire
Hamas continues its war of attrition against southern Israel. Here’s the tally for the last few days: Several mortar shells landed Tuesday noon near the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Gaza. No injuries or damage were reported in the … Continue reading
The Gaza blockade: Yes, that means Libya, too
Libya tried to send “humanitarian supplies” through the Gaza naval blockade. Israel was having none of it. A Libyan ship trying to deliver aid to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday turned back in the face of an Israeli naval … Continue reading