First, the Israeli Cat:

After Israel lost its war, it has to do something to keep its people busy from facing the truth. The misery of war and its system which is based on bribery and rape of others rights.

Best examples are the charges that President of Israel and the Prime Misters are facing now (when it could have been better than now?).

The first scandal was Moshe Katsav’s prosecution and possible imprisonment after Israeli police drew up charges of sexual harassment, rape and wire-tapping. Next is Olmert who is facing bribery allegations.

The best part for Katsav is that, even if he’s guilty as suspected, he will be granted a monthly pension of NIS 45,000 and perks, whether or not he is convicted of rape or sexual misconduct.

Meanwhile, Olmert will be facing the attorney-general allegations that he accepted bribes as acting finance minister last year.

Of course I’m not saying that Israel is worse than other countries, but it’s not even better than any other ‘democracies or non-democratic’ system around them.

Israeli economic corruption is nothing new. This report shows that is has increased since the year 2000, making it one of the most fraudulent in the world.

Second, the Palestinian Cat:

This is what concern me more. In the middle of last week, Palestinian president Mahmood Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Mazen) declared: “Bread is more important than democracy,” and he may be preparing to try to dissolve the Hamas-led Palestinian parliament and replace it with Internationally accepted one, enable that Palestinians can get there food.

Abbas is waiting for this moment since Hamas was elected. Again, here we see someone who lost a war, but this time it is a democratic war, and instead of scarifying the rotten apples in the losing party and helping the new government to meet its obligations, Abbas, his group and supporters (or should I say directors - USA) decided to scarify the people, the majority that elected Hamas.

Yes, bread is important, but what Abbas is afraid of is not that his people will die of hunger, but he is afraid of a “hunger-revolution,” or at least he should. We all remember that great revolutions started because of poverty, so if Abbas is smart enough, he should expect one, sooner than he thinks.

Another thing Mr. president should remember: Yes, food is important, but feeding the people will not bring them back to his farm. Palestinians learned over decades of resistance and crisis that their government is corrupted and has nothing to offer them more than what they already got, if not worse. Therefore, when they selected Hamas, it was not because they guarantee what they have to remain, but because they can’t trust anything more from Abbas and his group, and can’t trust that they will keep what they gained.

The people will be happy to get “paid to buy bread” and enjoy some relief, but they will be far from accepting what Abbas will offer, even if that is a new elections. In fact, if Abbas had any guarantees that his party (Fatah) will win the next elections, we would have seen new elections long time ago. But the problem that Abbas is facing is not the “lack of bread”, but he is not confident that the hungry people will elect the bakery stealers (a.k.a. Fatah)!

The question is not if Abbas has the right to bypass democratic institutions to ensure his people are fed? Yes he has that right, but it is not “right to use that right.”

If Abbas does this, then he is opening the doors for worse. Better die with self-respect than seeking “bread for land,” for this is what it will end to. Palestinians are dying anyway, so better die of hunger than eating bread full of martyr blood, and let the world watch Palestinians “die for democracy.”

If Abbas goes ahead with his plans, he will be adding the last spices to the “civil war recipe,” and he will be the first loser. That time, it will not only be eating kittens, but the cat will start eating itself.