PARIS (Reuters) -France summoned the American ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging France had did not do sufficient to stem antisemitic violence, a French overseas ministry spokesperson mentioned on Sunday.
Kushner, who’s Jewish and whose son is married to U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter, printed the open letter within the Wall Road Journal amid deep divides between France and the U.S. and Israel.
Within the letter, he urged French President Emmanuel Macron to extra urgently implement hate-crime legal guidelines and tone down criticism of Israel, saying French authorities statements about recognising a Palestinian state have fuelled antisemitic incidents in France.
“France has realized of the allegations made by the USA Ambassador, Mr. Charles Kushner, who, in a letter to the President of the Republic, expressed his concern in regards to the rise in antisemitic acts in France and famous the alleged lack of ample motion by the French authorities to fight them,” the ministry mentioned.
“The Ambassador’s allegations are unacceptable,” the ministry mentioned, including Kushner can be attributable to seem on Monday.
Kushner’s letter follows one other despatched to Macron by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week wherein Netanyahu accused Macron of contributing to antisemitism by calling for worldwide recognition of a Palestinian state, in accordance with the Jerusalem Publish.
Macron has emerged as one of many extra forceful critics of Netanyahu’s prosecution of the conflict in Gaza, notably with regard to Palestinian civilian casualties, whereas Trump has steadfastly supported the Israeli chief.
“Public statements haranguing Israel and gestures towards recognition of a Palestinian state embolden extremists, gasoline violence, and endanger Jewish life in France. In at this time’s world, anti-Zionism is antisemitism – plain and easy,” Kushner wrote.
Kushner’s son Jared Kushner is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, who transformed to Judaism earlier than their wedding ceremony in 2009. They’ve three kids who’re being raised Jewish.
Macron has publicly criticized antisemitism as antithetical to French values and elevated safety to guard synagogues and different Jewish centres in response to antisemitic incidents linked to the Gaza battle.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau and Gabriel Stargardter in Paris and Daniel Trotta in Los Angeles; Enhancing by Makini Brice and Chris Reese)