Nagasaki mayor defends Israel snub at A-bomb memorial

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00:00The mayor of Nagasaki is defending his decision not to invite Israel to a ceremony marking the
00:051945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city. Shiro Suzuki says it's unfortunate that U.S.
00:11and British ambassadors have refused to attend over what they describe as a snub.
00:16Friday's event marks 79 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki,
00:22killing 74,000 people and exposing many survivors to radiation exposure.
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