France’s foreign ministry said it has summoned United States Ambassador Charles Kushner after the envoy publicly accused President Emmanuel Macron’s government of failing to curb a rise in antisemitic violence. The ministry called the allegations, contained in an open letter published in the Wall Street Journal on 24 August, “unacceptable” and said Kushner must appear at the Quai d’Orsay on Monday, 25 August. In his letter—released on the 81st anniversary of the Allied liberation of Paris—Kushner wrote that “not a day passes without Jews assaulted, synagogues or schools defaced, or Jewish-owned businesses vandalized” in France. He urged Macron to enforce hate-crime laws, bolster security for Jewish institutions and abandon steps toward recognising a Palestinian state, arguing that such moves embolden extremists. Paris rejected the criticism, insisting that French authorities are “fully mobilised” against antisemitism and citing a sharp increase in prosecutions since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023. The foreign ministry said Kushner’s intervention breached the 1961 Vienna Convention’s ban on interference in domestic affairs and was out of keeping with the “quality of the trans-Atlantic alliance.” Kushner’s rebuke echoes remarks last week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who accused Macron of inflaming antisemitism by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations next month. The twin attacks have opened an unusually public rift between Paris and two of its closest allies just weeks before France is expected to press its Middle East initiative on the global stage.