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NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (JTA) — Vice President Al Gore has joined the growing chorus of U.S. officials criticizing Israel for freezing the implementation of peace accords with the Palestinians. In his first speech to a Jewish audience since formally launching his candidacy for president, Gore last week called on Israel and the Palestinian Authority […]

JERUSALEM, Jan. 19 (JTA) — Two years after Israeli troops withdrew from most of Hebron, the West Bank town remains a powder keg. Some 150,000 Palestinians live side by side with about 500 Jewish settlers as they have for years — warily. Each group claims a historical right to live there, and each group denies […]