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: Hamas
Gaza war intensifies; IDF targets tunnels
Israel is casting that dreidel very, very carefully. IAF jets struck tunnels connecting the Palestinian and Egyptian sides of Rafah, a Gaza Strip border town which has become a main entry point into Gaza of weapons, dynamite and other smuggled … Continue reading
More liveblogging
Jameel is liveblogging as well. I got this video of an IDF attack on an underground missile launcher from him.
Morning Gaza wrap-up
The IAF targeted more Hamas installations, including one that housed the jail where Hamas was keeping Fatah prisoners. Darn. Okay, I didn’t mean that. Two terrorist organizations with one blow? Excellent. Fatah’s hands are bloody, too. Those were not innocent … Continue reading
Gaza casualty rate: 94% terrorists, so far
The bad news is that Ismail Haniyeh is still alive. The good news is that it seems the casualty rate was about 94% terrorists. Israeli warplanes rained more than 100 tons of bombs on security sites in Hamas-ruled Gaza Saturday … Continue reading
The mainstream media: Hamas press flacks
You won’t find this quote by Ehud Olmert outside the Israeli media, at least, not at the time of this post. I can’t find it. “Israel has done all it could to preserve the ceasefire with Hamas, but our desire … Continue reading
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How Israel fooled Hamas
A lovely story to take with me to the gym: Maneuvering the enemy: The Israel government reportedly employed several measures in order to lead Hamas into a false sense of security and ensure the operation against the Islamist group would … Continue reading
Gaza op: Analysis
The rules of the game have changed. The Israeli air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza on Saturday, hugely dramatic in their scope, nonetheless mark only the beginning of an ongoing, potentially lengthy operation aimed at restoring calm to the … Continue reading
Gaza Op: Surprise attack catches Hamas with its goons down
Went back to bed this morning with a stomach-ache, woke up to the news: The first Gaza operation has come and gone. And Hamas was completely surprised. A Hamas source in Gaza confirmed Saturday that the Israeli Air Force attack … Continue reading
Flying pig alert: UNSG chastens Hamas
The UN SecGen actually issued a statement calling for Hamas to stop rocketing Israel without calling for the reduction of violence “on both sides.” He does, of course, condemn the Gaza blockade. The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about the situation … Continue reading
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
Hamas wants to renew the faux truce
Of course Hamas wants to renew the truce. Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar said Tuesday that his organization was willing to renew the truce in Gaza if Israel adheres to the terms that have been agreed upon last June. There … 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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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