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| Western ambassadors pull out of Nagasaki memorial after Israel not invited |
| 2024-08-08 |
| [IsraelTimes] Slamming Japanese mayor’s ‘politicization’ of event, US and British embassies say they’ll send lower-ranking diplomats; Australia, Italy, Canada and EU slated to follow suit Ambassadors from Western countries including the United States will skip a ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki after Israel was snubbed, officials said Wednesday. Nagasaki’s mayor said last week that Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen was not invited to Friday’s event in the southern Japanese city because of the risk of possible protests over the Israel-Hamas |
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