asahicom Six Major Nations and EU Write to City of Nagasaki: “Excluding Israel would make it difficult for senior officials to participate” Six major countries and EU write to Nagasaki: “If Israel is excluded, it will be difficult for high-level officials to participate”:Asahi Shimbun Digital The letter is dated July 19. The G7 ambassadors and deputy ambassadors of the US, UK, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, and EU, excluding Japan, personally signed the letter and sent it to Mayor Shiro Suzuki of Nagasaki City.
C4Dbeginner Maybe Nagasaki is the first time on earth that a city in a developed country has so openly treated Israel in a sanctioned manner. So in order for the West to never let this become a precedent again, they are taking the unthinkable action of having all of the G7, except Japan, and even the EU, absent from the meeting. But I think this will have a huge impact on the world in another way.
Jiangshi2020 Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are differences even in the same bombed city. Hiroshima bears the burden of “history” as the “first A-bombed city”, while Nagasaki bears the burden of “politics” as the “last” city to be “bombed”. This is one reason why Hiroshima tends to talk about past tragedies and Nagasaki tends to talk about current wars.
suzuki46genki Thank you for your various comments regarding the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony. We would like to concentrate on preparations to make this a day of prayer for lasting world peace in a peaceful and solemn atmosphere. For this reason, we will refrain from sending out social networking services and responding to comments until the ceremony ends the day after tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Shiro Suzuki, Mayor of Nagasaki City
Peace Memorial Ceremony to be held on the 9th.
New York Times
nytimes The U.S. and British ambassadors to Japan said on Wednesday they would not attend Nagasaki’s annual peace memorial ceremony this week, which marks the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city, because Israel had not been invited. The U.S. and British ambassadors to Japan said Wednesday they will not attend this week’s annual peace memorial ceremony in Nagasaki to mark the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city.
KS_1013 I was interviewed by someone today and said that it is important to note that only the G7 countries reacted to the non-invitation of the Israeli ambassador to the prayer ceremony in Nagasaki. The only countries that reacted to the non-invitation were the Western countries, and many countries, including the Global South, did not see it as a problem. The issue surrounding the situation in the Middle East has isolated the Western countries from the rest of the world.
blackoutrussia Note that “it is the West that is isolated” is also the logic of China and Russia. In fact, even here in the comments section, I see people spreading the narrative that the West is isolated on the Ukraine issue as well! and those who try to spread a Russia-friendly narrative here and there are conspicuous.
blackoutrussia Some countries in the Global South, like India, have taken a pro-Israeli stance, and the world outside the West is not united in being anti-Israeli and pro It cannot be said that the world outside the West is united in anti-Israel and pro-Palestine. There is a danger of being taken in by Chinese and Russian propaganda by claiming that “the West is isolated from the rest of the world. India’s unusual support for Israel, with sympathy from the Hindu right in the background: Jiji.com
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