US Ambassador Pulls Out of Nagasaki Peace Event Because Israel Was Excluded

ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is reportedly skipping an annual memorial ceremony for the U.S.’s atomic bombing of Nagasaki after organizers of the event decided to exclude the Israeli ambassador from the event due to pressure from activist groups. The U.S. embassy said that Emanuel would not attend the event because he did not want to “be involved in a politicized event…

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