Overview
- Paris branded Charles Kushner’s accusations as unacceptable interference under the Vienna Convention and formally summoned him on Monday.
- The ambassador did not attend the meeting at the Quai d’Orsay, where the U.S. embassy’s chargé d’affaires was received and told the remarks misrepresented the situation.
- The U.S. State Department publicly supported Kushner, with spokesman Tommy Pigott saying he represents Washington’s position and is doing a remarkable job.
- Official Interior Ministry data report 646 antisemitic acts in France from January to June 2025, more than double the same period in 2023 but down from the first half of 2024.
- The dispute follows earlier attacks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Emmanuel Macron’s plan to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state, which the Élysée called abject and erroneous.