Nagasaki mayor defends decision not to invite Israel to atomic bomb memorial

Published 2024-08-08
Ambassadors from several Western countries have pulled out of an event in Japan to commemorate the victims of the bombing of Nagasaki. That's after the mayor refused to invite Israeli officials.
Tens of thousands of people were killed when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city in 1945.

Al Jazeera's Ferdia Carr reports.

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All Comments (21)
  • The US has the gall to snub the Nagasaki memorial? Why is the US invited in the first place? 😵
  • @holyfordus
    As bad as it may seem, the mayor probably is not lying. Japan knows a thing or two about ignoring war crimes
  • @AisenYtub
    That person from Osaka university, Thank you for pointing out the hypocrisy
  • @subhan-ge1ks
    Western countries always maintain their double standards.
  • @markhill3858
    Israel will get its own memorial, but won't be in a position to invite anyone ofc.
  • Two day ago thousand Rohingya people died after being hit by a bomb in arakan state Moung Daw
  • Shiro, that service deserves dignity, a solemn and moving moment in time, you have nothing to defend, because, you have the moral high ground....it is Western Leaders, who continue to protect Zionist Israel and the genocide they are committing, in front of the entire world...God and Angels are watching...not influenced by human lies and games.....Jordan, Saudi Arabia, if we were as stupid as you thought us to be...God and Angels turn.....I'm NY 1962 Toms very British/Brazilian future wife MD, Veteran, Middle East & Cont. of Africa....I never back down from evil
  • @SS-ge3mn
    The nuclear bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki was also a genocide
  • @Daro-xw6gv
    We live in really messed up world, war criminals are invited to commemorate at scene of their crime.