Critics say excluding Israel from the Nagasaki bombing anniversary while inviting representatives from countries with human rights violations, such as Iran, which is pursuing its own nuclear weapons, undermines the ceremony's message of peace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/08/07/japan/nagasaki-ceremony-missing-invitation/ #commentary #japan #nagasaki #israel #oct7attacks #terrorism #hamas #hezbollah #iran #atomicbombings #wwii
Nagasaki bombing ceremony misses an important invitation: Israel's

Nagasaki’s Mayor Shiro Suzuki explicitly disinvited Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen to the 79th anniversary of the bombing of the , citing security concerns.

The Japan Times

#UNRWA employees fired amid #Israel claim of involvement in #Oct7Attacks. #InvestigationUnderway

“Israel, which presented the allegations to the U.N. earlier this week, has previously accused UNRWA, which provides social and education programs in the Gaza Strip, of fueling anti-Israeli incitement.”

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UNRWA Is Investigating Charges of Workers’ Involvement in Oct. 7 Attacks

The United States temporarily cut off funding to UNRWA, the agency that aids Palestinians, citing allegations that 12 of its workers were involved in the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel.

The New York Times