US EditionFrance summons US Ambassador Kushner over 'unacceptable' letter about rising antisemitism
US Ambassador Charles Kushner criticized France for insufficient action against antisemitism amid a 112.5% rise in incidents over the past year, prompting a diplomatic summons in Paris.
- On Sunday, France summoned U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner after his August 25 letter accused France of insufficient action against antisemitism, noting the 81st anniversary of the Allied Liberation of Paris.
- Officials note the rise has occurred since Oct. 7, 2023, with French interior ministry data showing antisemitic acts rose from 436 in 2022 to 1,676 in 2023, then dipped to 1,570 last year.
- In his open letter, U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner wrote, `Public statements haranguing Israel and gestures toward recognition of a Palestinian state embolden extremists, fuel violence, and endanger Jewish life in France. In today's world, anti-Zionism is antisemitism- plain and simple.`
- Paris responded that the allegations were 'unacceptable' and the U.S. State Department publicly stood by Kushner's comments, while Karen Enstrom, U.S. charg� d'affaires in Paris, appeared Monday instead of Kushner, widening the rift.
- Amid wider Franco-U.S. tensions over trade and security, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron last month of fueling antisemitism by planning Palestinian state recognition, raising stakes for France's Jewish population of about 500,000.
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U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner did not present to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, where he was summoned to pay attention to statements that criticise an alleged lack of action by France in connection with...
Charles Kushner, Ambassador of the United States to Paris since May 2025, wrote a letter to Emmanuel Macron, accusing France of laxism in the face of anti-Semitism. The Orsay wharf summoned the ambassador, who did not introduce himself.
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Charles Kushner, American Ambassador to France, was summoned Monday, August 25 at the Quai d'Orsay, who had reacted from the outset to the criticisms of Donald Trump's faithful. The latter pointed to Emmanuel Macron's "absence of sufficient action" against anti-Semitism. Words deemed unacceptable by Paris, as Franceinfo recalls.Charles Kushner was unable to go to the convocation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was the official in charge o…
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