Nagasaki urges nuke abolition on A-bomb anniv. rocked by Israel snub

Nagasaki called for a shift toward abolishing nuclear weapons on the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city on Friday, in the absence of ambassadors from the United States and other key nuclear states at its peace ceremony after they took issue with the city's decision not to invite Israel.In a Peace Declaration delivered during the annual event, Mayor Shiro Suzuki underscored mounting concerns over the potential use of nuclear weapons due to increasing geopolitical uncertainties, while not directly mentioning Israel or Palestine."Amid uncertainty about when the Russian inv…READ FULL ARTICLE