{"id":2321248,"date":"2024-08-08T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-skip-japans-wwii-nagasaki-memorial-after-israels-exclusion-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:17:27","slug":"us-to-skip-japans-wwii-nagasaki-memorial-after-israels-exclusion-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-skip-japans-wwii-nagasaki-memorial-after-israels-exclusion-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"US to skip Japan\u2019s WWII Nagasaki memorial after Israel\u2019s exclusion &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-to-skip-japans-wwii-nagasaki-memorial-after-israels-exclusion-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2321248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States has\u200b announced it will not send an ambassador to the Nagasaki memorial on August 9, which commemorates the atomic bombing during World War II, in response to \u200cJapan&#8217;s decision not to invite Israel to the ceremony. Nagasaki&#8217;s mayor, Shiro\u2062 Suzuki, explained that the exclusion of Israel \u2062was intended to ensure a peaceful and solemn \u2063atmosphere at the event, rather than being a political \u200dstatement. In light of this decision,\u2062 the UK \u2064and other countries, \u2064including the US, Germany, France, \u200cItaly, Canada, and the European Union, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-political-director-rick-klein-calls-for-cleansing-pro-trump-movement\/\" title=\"ABC Political Director Rick Klein calls for \u2018cleansing\u2019 pro-Trump movement\">expressed concern<\/a> about the snubbing of Israel. U.S. Ambassador to \u200bJapan, Rahm Emanuel, compared Israel&#8217;s\u2063 exclusion to that\u2062 of Russia and Belarus, which have been excluded due to military aggression in Ukraine.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US to skip Japan&rsquo;s WWII Nagasaki memorial after Israel&rsquo;s exclusion<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1725464\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States<\/a> will not send an ambassador to Nagasaki, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Japan<\/a>, for its World War II commemoration on Aug. 9 of the 1945 atomic bombing because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel <\/a>was not invited.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-gives-cities-more-power-to-ban-homeless-camps-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court gives cities more power to ban homeless camps - Washington Examiner\">city&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s mayor, Shiro Suzuki, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15381098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>decided<\/a> not to invite the nation because he wanted to &ldquo;hold the ceremony peacefully, solemnly, and smoothly&rdquo; and noted it wasn&rsquo;t a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">political decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The true meaning [for not inviting Israel] has not been conveyed,&rdquo; Suzuki told reporters. &ldquo;We want to hold the ceremony in a peaceful and solemn atmosphere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Britain will not attend the ceremony, either, as the mayor has not changed his course since receiving a July 25 letter from the ambassadors of six countries, the U.S., Britain, Germany, France, Italy, and Canada, as well as the European Union, expressing their concern about Israel not being invited.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador&nbsp;to Japan Rahm Emanuel&nbsp;and other envoys said excluding Israel puts it on par with Russia and Belarus, which are the only two other countries not invited due to their&nbsp;military aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel will instead attend a peace ceremony at the Zojoji Temple in Tokyo and hold a moment of silence at the embassy. He previously attended a similar ceremony in Hiroshima, the site of the other atomic bombing in World War II.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has directed the consulates to do the same,&rdquo; an embassy spokesperson said in an email to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom is skipping the ceremony because not inviting Israel &ldquo;creates an unfortunate and misleading equivalency with Russia and Belarus,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen said in a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GiladCohen_\/status\/1818568231181074729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;post on X<\/a>&nbsp;last week that the decision to exclude Israel from the Nagasaki ceremony was &ldquo;regrettable&rdquo; and &ldquo;sends a wrong message to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">world<\/a>, and deflects from the core message that Nagasaki has been promoting for years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At several events internationally and in the U.S., pro-Palestinian protesters have interrupted to call for a ceasefire in Gaza or to condemn Israel for its bombing campaign of the region.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1725464\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1725464\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States will not send an ambassador to the Nagasaki, Japan, World War II memorial on August 9, marking the 1945 atomic bombing, due to Israel&#8217;s exclusion from the event. Mayor Shiro Suzuki chose not to invite Israel in order to ensure that the ceremony is conducted &#8220;peacefully, solemnly, and smoothly,&#8221; emphasizing that this was not a political decision. He stated that &#8220;the true meaning [for not inviting Israel] has not been conveyed&#8221; and expressed a desire for a tranquil atmosphere during the ceremony. Britain will also be absent from the event since Suzuki has maintained his stance despite receiving concerns from ambassadors of six countries\u2014including the U.S., Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada\u2014and representatives of the European Union regarding Israel&#8217;s exclusion. U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel and other diplomats have remarked that excluding Israel equates it with Russia and Belarus\u2014both of which are also uninvited due to their military actions against Ukraine. Instead of attending the Nagasaki ceremony, Emanuel will participate in a peace event at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo and observe a moment of silence at the embassy; he had previously attended a similar commemoration in Hiroshima. British Ambassador Julia Longbottom is also opting out because she believes excluding Israel creates an &#8220;unfortunate and misleading equivalency&#8221; with Russia and Belarus. Israeli Ambassador Gilad Cohen described this decision as &#8220;regrettable,&#8221; stating it sends an incorrect message globally while detracting from Nagasaki&#8217;s longstanding message against war. Pro-Palestinian protests have disrupted various international events recently as calls for ceasefire in Gaza continue alongside criticisms of Israeli military actions there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2321249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nagasaki-us.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4461,37561,9029,12223],"class_list":["post-2321248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-japan","tag-nagasaki","tag-us","tag-wwii"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nagasaki-us.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}