Israel accused Arab countries of trying to “hijack” a U.N. conference on aging. The U.S. and Israeli delegations are resisting language in the conference’s final declaration, which includes a call for special attention to victims of “foreign occupation” that could be construed as a reference to elderly Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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