US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited

G7 ambassadors snub Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial over Israel's exclusion

Nagasaki's mayor said he would stick to a decision to exclude Israel's ambassador from this year's event to mark the city's atomic bombing, though senior diplomats of the US and other G7 nations said the snub would keep them away.

US ambassador to Japan to skip Nagasaki memorial because Israel was not invited

Rahm Emanuel will not attend the event because it was “politicized” by Nagasaki’s decision not to invite Israel, the embassy said.

Japan defends decision to not invite Israel to Nagasaki bomb memorial as US, West shun the event

The envoys of the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United States and the European Union had sent a letter to Nagasaki saying 'it would become difficult for us to have high-level participation' in the event if Israel was excluded

US to skip Japan’s WWII Nagasaki memorial after Israel’s exclusion - Washington Examiner

The United States will not send an ambassador to Nagasaki, Japan, for its World War II commemoration on Aug. 9 of the 1945 atomic bombing because Israel was not invited. The city’s mayor, Shiro Suzuki, decided not to invite the nation because he wanted to “hold the ceremony peacefully, solemnly, and smoothly” and noted it wasn’t a political decision. “The true meaning [for not inviting Israel] has not been conveyed,” Suzuki told reporters. “We w…

US Ambassador to Japan to Skip A-Bomb Memorial Service in Nagasaki Because Israel Was Not Invited

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will instead honor the victims of the Nagasaki atomic bombing at a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo.

G7 envoys to miss Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial over Israel’s exclusion

Nagasaki's mayor is sticking to a decision to exclude Israel's ambassador from the event to mark the city's atomic bombing, though senior diplomats of the US and other G7 nations said the snub would keep them away.