Overview

• The French foreign ministry ordered Ambassador Charles Kushner to appear Monday, calling his Wall Street Journal letter's allegations "unacceptable" and a breach of the duty of non-interference under the Vienna Convention.
• Kushner wrote to President Emmanuel Macron that antisemitism in France has surged since Oct. 7, accused the government of insufficient action, and warned that gestures toward recognizing a Palestinian state embolden extremists.
• The U.S. State Department publicly backed Kushner, saying it stands by his comments and praising his work as Washington’s representative in France.
• France said authorities are fully mobilized against a rise in antisemitic acts and rejected the ambassador’s claims, emphasizing the seriousness of hate crimes targeting the country’s large Jewish community.
• The dispute follows Macron’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. in September and a similar warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that drew a sharp rebuttal from the Élysée.