France has summoned U.S. ambassador Charles Kushner over an open letter that he wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron, accusing his government of inadequate efforts to tackle anti-Semitism in the country.
In a letter published on Aug. 24 in the Wall Street Journal, Kushner voiced “deep concern” over what he described as the “lack of sufficient action” by the French government to address the “dramatic rise of antisemitism in France” amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Kushner—who is Jewish and the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump—stated that since the Hamas terrorist group carried out its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the Israeli army launched its ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza, “pro-Hamas extremists and radical activists have waged a campaign of intimidation and violence across Europe.”…