Israel said it would not send a delegation to a U.N. conference on racism slated to start later this week in South Africa unless anti-Israel language is removed from its resolutions. The United States has backed Israel in demanding that the language be eliminated, threatening to boycott the conference if Israel is singled out for criticism.
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