France’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the US ambassador to the country, Charles Kushner, after he authored a letter accusing the French government of a “lack of sufficient action” in confronting antisemitism .
France strongly rejected the “unacceptable” allegations in Kushner’s letter, which the ministry said “fall short of the quality of the transatlantic relationship” between the US and France.
“The rise in antisemitic acts in France since October 7, 2023, is a reality that we deplore and to which the French authorities are fully committed, given the intolerability of these acts,” the ministry said in a statement.
On Monday, Kushner will be summoned to the ministry’s headquarters in Paris, the statement added.
Asked whether the Trump administration stood by Kushner’s comments, Sta