BEIRUT (AP) — Egypt’s parliament speaker headed a Mideast delegation Sunday on a visit to Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad.

Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/02/26/egypt-speaker-arab-lawmakers-visit-syrian-president-assad/

But Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, its threats to mount a ground invasion and America’s tight embrace of its most important Mideast ally, regardless, have prompted cries of hypocrisy.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/us/ukraine-gaza-global-south-hypocrisy.html

Israel captured Gaza, along with the West Bank and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/10/23/israel-strikes-across-gaza-after-allowing-2ndsmall-aid-convoy-into-the-besieged-enclave/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-strikes-across-gaza-after-allowing-2ndsmall-aid-convoy-into-the-besieged-en

Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem, with its sites holy to three monotheistic faiths, along with the rest of east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/05/extremist-israeli-cabinet-minister-visits-sensitive-jerusalem-holy-site/

Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the Palestinians seek for their hoped-for independent state.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0222/Tensions-spike-with-deadly-Israeli-raid-in-the-West-Bank?icid=rss

Its region includes the Bab elMandeb Strait off Yemen and the Red Sea stretching up to the Suez Canal, the Egyptian waterway linking the Mideast to the Mediterranean Sea.

Source: https://www.americanpress.com/2023/04/08/us-deploys-guided-missile-submarine-amid-tensions-with-iran/

Long-time Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed last month to restore diplomatic ties after China-brokered negotiations - an ongoing reconciliation that has deescalated proxy wars in the region.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11998125/Muslims-world-begin-celebrating-Eid-al-Fitr-Ramadan-comes-end.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Mideast War, Day 3: Israel Launches “Complete Siege” Of Gaza ›

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/business-finance/russia-economy-growth

The agreement is bound to open U.S. President Joe Biden to fresh criticism from Republicans and others that his administration is helping to boost the Iranian economy at a time when Iran poses a growing threat to U.S. troops and Mideast allies.

Source: https://time.com/6304036/iran-us-prison-deal/

The attack potentially marked a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war, the reports.

Source: https://www.newser.com/story/343373/uss-carney-commercial-ships-came-under-fire-pentagon.html

The families living in Masafer Yatta say they’ve herded their sheep and goats across the area long before Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/04/israel-demolishes-parts-of-west-bank-hamlet-set-for-eviction/

The Palestinians say they further entrench Israel's 55-year, open-ended occupation of the West Bank, which Israel captured along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war.

Source: https://abc11.com/shooting-israel-synagogue-jerusalem/12742135/

The sacred compound is administered by Jordanian religious authorities as part of an unofficial agreement after Israel won control of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-jordan-amman-foreign-ministry-jerusalem-b2263788.html

Top US Air Force official in Mideast worries about possible Russia-Iran ‘cooperation and collusion’

Source: https://wtop.com/russia-ukraine-war-news/2023/09/russian-strikes-cities-in-east-and-central-ukraine-starting-fires-and-wounding-at-least-14/

Until we acknowledge that hatred of Jews is taught to Palestinian children, we cannot achieve peace and normalized relationships in the Mideast.

Source: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/21/hold-hannity-accountable-for-half-truths-and-lies-letters-to-the-editor/

Venezuela to Support Measures in OPEC to Encourage Mideast Dialogue –.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/world-news/venezuela-to-support-measures-in-opec-to-encourage-mideast-dialogue-top-diplomat/