U.S., Europe aired concern over no Israel presence at Nagasaki A-bomb event

Envoys of the United States and other Western nations sent a letter to Nagasaki in mid-July expressing concern over the city not inviting Israel to its peace ceremony on the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing by the United States, the document showed Wednesday as multiple ambassadors pulled out of the event.The letter, dated July 19 and sent ahead of Nagasaki's formal decision, warned that if Israel was excluded, "it would become difficult for us to have high-level participation" in the event.The envoys of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United States and the European Union…READ FULL ARTICLE