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

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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. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Nagasaki #WesternAmbassadors #JapanEvent #NagasakiBombing #DiplomaticBoycott #NagasakiAnniversary #NuclearHistory #GlobalDiplomacy