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
Now it is the booksellers’ turn
The body of a Christian official who was kidnapped over the weekend was discovered in Gaza City early Sunday, Palestinian sources said. The man was identified as Rami Ayyad, 31, director of The Teacher’s Bookshop, which is operated by the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Terrorism 5 Comments
The Syria strike: It was nukes
ABC News has an exclusive today that says the Syria strike was a nuclear facility, and that the U.S. stopped Israel from striking earlier. The September Israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear site in Syria had been in the works … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Syria 41 Comments
PA to Israel: Do what we say and shut up
Yet another demand from the Palestinians who, when last I checked, were the vanquished, not the victors, in the Intifada. Ahmed Qureia, head of the Palestinian team to negotiate a peace agreement with Israel said on Saturday that there was … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics 3 Comments
The Israeli raid on Syria: Bypassing the radar
Aviation Week asked a group of aerospace and military experts to analyze how the Israeli Air Force managed to penetrate Russian-built (and Iranian-bought) Syrian radar installations in last month’s strike. The consensus: Israel has technology that can completely subvert and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Syria 9 Comments
Palestinians: Israeli occupation was better than Hamas rule
Palestinians are so tired of Hamas they’re longing for the good old days of Israeli occupation: Asked a routine question about the 2006 Palestinian elections yesterday, Khaled abu Ahmed slipped off his sandal and used it to beat his head … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Media Bias 3 Comments
Hamas and Fatah, together again?
Hey, the open terrorists are talking to the ones pretending not to be terrorists. What a great deal for Israel! Fatah and Hamas have agreed in principle to launch a secret dialogue in Cairo, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, palestinian politics 4 Comments
Palestinians to Israel: Meet all our demands or forget about peace
Yes, once again, the losers are dictating terms to the winners: The Palestinians will only participate in the US-sponsored peace conference expected to be held next month if general agreement is first reached with Israel on all the fundamental issues, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics 2 Comments
That Syrian incursion: Oh Debka, Debka…
It is never late to admit that I have been wrong. And I have been wrong in siding with Debka (for a change) in this post. Today the military censor allowed the following formula to be released: …the Israel Air … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Syria 3 Comments
Israel to al-Dura: Liar. al-Dura to Israel: Nuh-UH!
Israel is finally getting on the stick regarding the Mohammed al-Dura hoax. The IDF has finally denied responsibility for the death of the boy. Of course, the world won’t believe them. But it’s a start. “The Israeli claims of invented … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics 1 Comment
Egypt helping Israel’s enemies
Say, those 80 Hamas terrorists that Egypt let through the Rafah crossing? Turns out they got military training in Iran. Peachy. Israel has issued a message to Egypt expressing the seriousness with which it regards Cairo’s decision to allow at … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza 2 Comments
Palestinian boycott movement dead in the water
If you’ve been following this site for any length of time, you know that there are a considerable number of calls and movements to boycott Israel, from various countries and sources. One of the things that all of these boycott … Continue reading
The intifada: It’s over, they lost
This is what defeat looks like: Every year, large rallies in the territories and abroad commemorated the anniversary of the Palestinian uprising that broke out in 2000. But this year, there was nothing and Palestinians are asking themselves whether anything … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, palestinian politics 2 Comments
Syrian raid: Intel from Iranian defector?
The Jerusalem Post says the IDF received intel on the subject of the Syrian raid from the Iranian minister who defected earlier this year. Iranian former deputy defense minister Ali Rheze Asgari supplied intelligence sources in the West with information … Continue reading
Posted in Syria 2 Comments
AFP: Only IDF-caused fatalities count
Check out this statement by AFP: GAZA CITY (AFP) — The Israeli military killed three Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, bringing to 12 the death toll in one of the bloodiest 24 hours in the Hamas-run territory … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel 8 Comments
Ahmadinejad in Christian lovefest
Score another propaganda victory for Mad Mahmoud. He sat down with a group of religious leaders—minus, I’m proud to say, a single Jewish religious leader—and lied, denied, and redirected the questions asked of him. But now he gets to brag … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Religion 10 Comments