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: palestinian politics
Cairo nostalgia
David Ignatius wrote two weeks ago that the message of President Obama’s Cairo speech is as important as ever. Specifically: But in truth, the strategy that Obama proposed in Cairo is more important now than ever. Critics speak as if … Continue reading
Tuesday morning briefs
Who done it? Now Ha’aretz is saying that Mahmoud al-Mabhouh’s assassins were Arabs. Which is actually even better, because all we need is a little more of that Muslim brotherhood and Israel would be perfectly safe. Message in a bombshell: … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, News Briefs, palestinian politics, Terrorism
Tagged Hamas, Israel, Terrorism
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Still in with the old
Barry Rubin has read the new Fatah charter. The document was originally linked to at the Secrecy news blog. Secrecy News observes: But what is perhaps most significant is what is not in the document. The original Fatah charter (or … Continue reading
Thursday pre-snow snarks
Will it snow? Won’t it snow? I don’t know. They say so. (Let it snow. I have a Jeep, and I’m here to drive it.) Europeans are big fat liars: So, they say they’re cutting trade with Iran, and yet, … Continue reading
Tuesday night snarks
Because it’s such an easy language to learn: Arab members of the World Trade Organization want Arabic to be the fourth official language of the WTO. Because three aren’t enough official languages, I suppose. And Arabic is so easy, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, palestinian politics, Politics, Religion
Tagged Anti-Semitism, Hamas, Healthcare
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Wednesday boxers
The Israeli war machine: Oh, you know that’s what the anti-Israel mob is calling it. Israel leads the world in bringing automation to the battlefield. The latest: the air mule, which will bring supplies in and wounded soldiers out of … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, palestinian politics
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Obama to Israel: Let’s start at the end
As reported last week, the Obama administration is going to try to start at the end in order to report some kind of progress in Middle East peace talks. The thing is, you really can’t start at the end. You … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics, The One
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The Egyptian plan: Surrender Dorothy!
The Egyptians have a new plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Apparently, all Israel has to do is give the Palestinians what they want, and there will be peace. Negotiations? Well, those will be to determine exactly how much of Israel has … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics
Tagged Israel, peace process
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Salam and security sizzle
A couple of weeks ago, an Israeli father of seven, Meir Avshalom Chai was killed. Immediately afterwards, the IDF pursued and killed three suspects. (The same day the IDF killed three men attempting to infiltrate from Gaza.) Of course the … Continue reading
The myth of the moderate Mahmoud
via memeorandum Jeffrey Goldberg writes: For my money, the worst mistake Israel made was the mistake that led, ultimately, to the siege of Gaza: The 2005 unilateral withdrawal. Leaving Gaza wasn’t the problem, of course — you’d think the Jews … Continue reading
Some ‘splainin’
Last week Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai was killed in an ambush. Following the attack, Israel tracked down an killed three suspects in the murder. At the funerals for the murderers, protesters objected to the PA’s cooperation with Israel, leading JoshuaPundit … Continue reading
A Palestinian state: when?
As I noted yesterday, Barry Rubin published a timely essay recalling how the Palestinian blew a chance to prevent Israel from ever existing – 70 years ago. I didn’t think it required any further comment. But then I read something, … Continue reading
Constants and variables in the Middle East
Ethan Bronner writes about Israeli PM Netanyahu: After a long career supporting Israeli settlements in occupied land and rejecting Palestinian statehood, Mr. Netanyahu said last June that he accepted the two-state idea. Three weeks ago, he imposed a 10-month freeze … Continue reading
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Tagged Binyamin Netanyahu
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The deflated New York Times hopes for Obama
It’s not just the Arab/Muslim world that’s disappointed with President Obama, the New York Times is too. The Times has come to the belated acknowledgment – the Washington Post noticed this back in July – that the administration hasn’t been … Continue reading
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A pillar of moderation
Yesterday, writing about the speculation surrounding a possible prisoner release to gain the freedom of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, Backspin quoted, Dan Meridor: “Those who don’t know can talk,†Dan Meridor, Israel’s intelligence minister, said Monday on state radio. “Those … Continue reading