JAPAN REFUSES ISRAEL ENTRY TO HIROSHIMA MEMORIAL
August 8, 2024Envoys representing Group of Seven (G7) nations in Tokyo have been left fuming and, in what appears to be a coordinated move, may not attend an event to commemorate the US nuclear bombing of Japan.
The trigger for their apparent anger comes from a decision by the local administration in Nagasaki to not invite Israel to its “”peace event,”” scheduled for Friday.
Japan, the host and victim of the US nuclear bombing, has not said anything yet.
Local governments in twin cities hold annual events since World War II after the US dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb, on Aug. 6, 1945, and then Nagasaki on Aug. 9, resulting in at least 140,000 deaths by the end of that year.
Japan is commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atrocity this year.
In a joint letter, envoys of the US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the EU have expressed their “concern” to the Nagasaki city government about its decision.
The letter, dated July 19, warned that if Tel Aviv was excluded, “”it would become difficult for us to have high-level participation”” in the event, Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported.
This, the letter added, “”would result in placing Israel on the same level as countries such as Russia and Belarus,”” which have not been invited to the ceremony for a third consecutive year.
Earlier on Tuesday, local government in Hiroshima refused to pay heed to public calls and went ahead to invite Israeli officials to its event.
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