France’s Foreign Ministry said late Sunday it has summoned United States Ambassador Charles Kushner for a meeting on Monday after the diplomat accused President Emmanuel Macron’s government of doing too little to stem a surge in antisemitic acts. In a letter to Macron dated Monday and made public on 24 August, Kushner wrote that “not a day passes in France without Jews being assaulted, synagogues or schools defaced,” and urged the French leader to enforce hate-crime laws, protect Jewish institutions and “abandon steps that give legitimacy to Hamas and its allies.” The ambassador, father of former White House adviser Jared Kushner, also equated anti-Zionism with antisemitism and warned that plans to recognise a Palestinian state could further inflame hatred. The Quai d’Orsay called the allegations “unacceptable” and said they breached the 1961 Vienna Convention’s requirement that diplomats refrain from interfering in a host nation’s internal affairs. Paris insisted it is “fully mobilised” against antisemitic violence, which authorities say has risen sharply since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023. Kushner’s intervention comes days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu similarly accused Macron of fuelling antisemitism. The dispute adds a fresh strain to Franco-US relations as France, home to Western Europe’s largest Jewish community, prepares to seek United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state in September.