France summons US Ambassador Kushner over ‘unacceptable’ letter about rising antisemitism
WASHINGTON (AP) – France called the American ambassador to Paris after Diplomat, Charles KushnerHe wrote a letter to the French president Emmanuel Macron To claim that the country is not enough to combat anti -Semitism.
The French Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that he called Kushner to appear in the French European and Foreign Ministry on Monday and that his claims were “unacceptable”.
The White House did not respond immediately to a message looking for a comment. “Ambassador Kushner in France, our US government representative in France and a great job that improves our national interests in this role,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Tommy Pigott said that Kushner’s comments on Sunday evening.
The call of the ambassador is a formal and public discontent declaration of discontent.
Kushner, a real estate developer, is the father of the President Donald Trump’s His son -in -law Jared Kushner.
The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement from Kushner that France France is strictly rejecting these allegations ”and the French authorities have been“ completely acted ”to combat an increase in anti -Semitic actions since October 7, 2023 since the attack on Israel.
In a letter launched late on Sunday, Kushner writes, “The public statements that have harange Israel and the gestures of the Palestinian state inanimate the extremist pro -, fuel violence and Jewish life in France”.
Kushner, Macron’u “to act determined: hate crime laws without exception, Jewish schools, synagogues and enterprises to ensure the security of the enterprises and to abandon the steps that legitimize Hamas and allies.”
Kushner’s claims violate the obligation to not interfere with international law and the internal affairs of another country, and “also remains below the quality of the transatlantic partnership between the French and the United States and the trust that should be dominated by the allies.
Trap Macron’s Rejection of the charges last week Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu France’s intention To know the Palestinian state It fuels antisemitism.
France is hosting Europe’s largest Jewish populationWith the estimated 500,000 Jews, after Israel and the United States, the world’s third largest Jewish population. Approximately 1% of this national population.
Diplomatic disagreement comes with French-US relations encounter tensions this year In the midst of Trump’s trade war And one Divide the future of the UN Peace forces in Lebanon. Especially France, the USA Peace protection operation known as unifilWith the vote on the issue determined by the UN Security Council for the end of the month.
France and the United States were supported by Ukraine in the war with Russia, but the division supported Donald Trump’s security guarantees. A warm meeting with Macron and other European leaders Last week at the White House.
At the end of his first period, Trump forgives Charles Kushner, who claimed to be guilty to avoid avoidance and illegal campaign donations many years ago.
His son Jared is Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka, Trump’s former White House Senior Advisor.
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AP author in Paris Sylvie Corbet contributed to the story
