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France has formally summoned U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner
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after he accused President Emmanuel Macron's government of failing to confront rising anti-Semitism
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The French Foreign Ministry called his claims unacceptable, saying they overstepped diplomatic bounds
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In a letter dated August 25th and published by Le Mans, Kushner tied a surge in incidents to Macron's push
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at the U.N. to recognize the Palestinian state. He warned, though such moves embolden extremists, fuel violence, and endanger Jewish life in France
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France fired back, saying authorities are fully mobilized against anti-Semitism, and warned the ambassador overstepped diplomatic bounds
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The clash comes just days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a similar charge
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which France dismissed as abject and erroneous. The dispute adds to already strained U.S.-French relations as the country, home to Europe's largest Jewish community, grapples with a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
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