{"id":123677,"date":"2025-08-28T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123677"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:30:04","slug":"26-05-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123677","title":{"rendered":"US envoy accuses France of failing to act on antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/us-envoy-accuses-france-of-failing-to-act-on-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US envoy accuses France of failing to act on antisemitism<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Joshua Marks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Paris summoned Charles Kushner following an open letter that held French President Emmanuel Macron responsible for fanning the flames of Jew hatred.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2224931638-1320x880.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Charles Kushner, the new U.S. ambassador to France and Monaco, leaves the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris after a meeting with the French president on July 18, 2025. Photo by Ludovic Marin\/AFP via Getty Images.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The U.S. ambassador to France in a letter published on Sunday criticized the Macron government for its lack of action amid a sharp increase in Jew hatred in the country since the Hamas-led attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron published in the&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, Charles Kushner expressed his \u201cdeep concern over the dramatic rise of antisemitism in France and the lack of sufficient action by your government to confront it.\u201d The letter goes on to state that \u201cnot a day passes without Jews assaulted in the street, synagogues or schools defaced, or Jewish-owned businesses vandalized.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The letter is dated Aug. 25, despite being published a day earlier, a date Kushner notes is \u201cthe 81st anniversary of the Allied Liberation of Paris, which ended the deportation of Jews from French soil\u201d under Nazi German occupation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Antisemitism has \u201clong scarred French life,\u201d Kushner wrote, but has \u201cexploded\u201d since the Oct. 7 massacre and amid the subsequent war in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He accused Macron of contributing to the escalating antisemitism through his harsh criticism of Israeli actions during nearly two years of fighting and by announcing intentions to&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/france-to-recognize-palestinian-state-drawing-israeli-reproach\/\">recognize<\/a>&nbsp;a Palestinian state next month at the United Nations meeting. Kushner wrote that such moves \u201cembolden extremists, fuel violence, and endanger Jewish life in France.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIn today\u2019s world, anti-Zionism is antisemitism\u2014plain and simple,\u201d Kushner added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/netanyahu-castigates-australian-leader-for-failure-to-confront-antisemitism\/\">Netanyahu<\/a>&nbsp;also wrote a letter to Macron last week, in which he accused the French president of contributing to antisemitism by calling for international recognition of a Palestinian state. The United Kingdom, Malta, Canada and Australia have followed France in announcing their intentions to recognize a Palestinian state in September, with London stating that its intentions could be changed if Jerusalem meets certain demands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Macron\u2019s office rejected Netanyahu\u2019s accusation as \u201cabject\u201d and \u201cerroneous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In response to Kushner\u2019s letter, Paris said on Sunday it would summon Kushner the next day. The French Foreign Ministry released a statement according to which it \u201cfirmly refutes\u201d the allegations, which it considers \u201cunacceptable.\u201d The statement further accused Kushner of violating international law by allegedly interfering in domestic affairs and not meeting the \u201cquality of the transatlantic link between France and the United States and the trust that must result from it between allies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The U.S. State Department stood by Kushner\u2019s comments, with spokesperson Tommy Pigott adding on Sunday evening that \u201cAmbassador Kushner is our U.S. government representative in France and is doing a great job advancing our national interests in that role,\u201d according to the&nbsp;<em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The 71-year-old real estate developer, whose son is Jared Kushner\u2014a senior advisor during the first Trump term and who is married to President Donald Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka\u2014took the post on July 11. His portfolio also includes Monaco. The elder Kushner, born to Jewish Holocaust survivors, was reportedly named Chanan after a relative killed in a concentration camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cSurveys show most French citizens believe another Holocaust could happen in Europe. Nearly half of French youth report never having heard of the Holocaust at all. What are children being taught in French schools if such ignorance persists?\u201d Kushner\u2019s letter reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">France is home to the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe, with around half a million Jews and millions of Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kushner wrote that he is ready to work with Macron and other French leaders to \u201cforge a serious plan\u201d&nbsp;to address the problem. In the summon statement, the foreign ministry asserted that French authorities have \u201cfully mobilized\u201d to tackle the rise in antisemitic acts, calling them \u201cintolerable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In the latest reported&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/france-park-manager-denies-entry-to-150-israeli-children\/\">antisemitic<\/a>&nbsp;act, the manager of Parcours a\u00e9rien Tyrovol, an outdoor adventure facility known for its aerial zipline course and located near Port\u00e9-Puymorens in southern France, refused entry to 150 Israelis aged 8 to 16, French media reported on Aug. 21, citing the Perpignan Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The manager was taken into police custody on suspicion of \u201cdiscrimination based on religion in the provision of goods or services.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Aug. 20, \u201cFree Palestine\u201d&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/jews-and-israelis-harassed-in-france-austria-italy-and-holland\/\">graffiti<\/a>&nbsp;was sprayed on Jewish-owned cars in Ch\u00e2tel, an Alpine town near the Swiss border. Many Jewish families vacation there during the summer. Nine cars belonging to Jewish vacationers were spray-painted with the words \u201cFree Palestine\u201d in the morning, according to a report by&nbsp;<em>CNEWS<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. US envoy accuses France of failing to act on antisemitism Joshua Marks Paris summoned Charles Kushner following an open letter that held French President Emmanuel Macron responsible for fanning the flames of Jew hatred. 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