Some might fairly debate you with regard to whether Israel is considered to be geographically part of the Middle East, but that point aside, if not the "heart," might it be more correct to say the "brains" of the Middle East?
FReegards!
>> “Situated in the heart of the Middle East...” <<
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Another stupid, ignorant error!
Not only is Israel not “in the heart of the Middle East,” it isn’t even near the Middle East.
The Middle East begins at the Euphrates river, and its “heart” is thousands of miles east of that. India is the heart of the Middle East.
I was curious, so I checked. Wikipedia has a totally different geographical definition of "Middle East" than you do. And Webster's dictionary agrees with the Wikipedia definition.
So I guess learned people can differ here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_middle_east
Some might fairly debate you with regard to whether Israel is considered to be geographically part of the Middle East, but that point aside, if not the "heart," might it be more correct to say the "brains" of the Middle East?
FReegards!