Egypt and Jordan had annexed Gaza before the Six Day War

No doubt unintentionally Con Hayes (Letters, December 23) exposed the myth and hypocrisy of the Irish Palestinian supporter. He states without any irony that Israel has illegally ‘occupied’ the West Bank and Jerusalem since 1967.

What is important about that date? It refers to a war of attack on Israel and is known as the Six-Day War, when it took six days for Israel to defeat the combined armies of Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.

What people like Mr Hayes turn their face from is the hard truth that the root cause of the Middle East’s problems is not the state of Israel, it’s not even where its borders are drawn.