The United States will boycott a scheduled July 15 meeting of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Vice President Al Gore said in a speech Sunday night at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference in Washington. “The conference is a badly disguised attempt to single out Israel for criticism,” Gore said, adding the United States will urge other nations to boycott the session, which has been proposed by the Palestinians to protest Israel’s settlement policies.
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