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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

France summons US envoy Charles Kushner over ‘unacceptable’ antisemitism allegations

France has summoned Donald Trump's ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to French president Emmanuel Macron, claiming that the country had failed to tackle a surge in antisemitic violence.

Mr Kushner, who is Jewish and whose son is married to Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka, published the open letter in the Wall Street Journal amid deep divides between France and the U.S. and Israel.

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