France summons US ambassador over anti-Semitism allegations

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The US is defending comments made by ambassador Charles Kushner - accusing France of not doing enough to combat anti-Semitic violence. He made the allegations in a letter to President Emmanuel Macron. The French Foreign Ministry says Kushner's accusations are unacceptable. It's summoned him to face what is expected to be a diplomatic rebuke.  Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington, DC.   Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://x.com/ajenglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website:  https://www.aljazeera.com Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile  #France #EmmanuelMacron #CharlesKushner #Diplomacy #Antisemitism #Palestine #Gaza #IsraelGazaWar #GazaWar #PalestineState #PalestinianStatehood #PalestineRecognition #AlJazeeraEnglish  # news #breaking #24x7

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00:00The U.S. is defending Ambassador Charles Kushner's comments, accusing France of not doing enough

00:05to combat anti-Semitic violence. Kushner made the allegations in a letter to President Emmanuel

00:11Macron. The French foreign ministry says Kushner's accusations are unacceptable.

00:17They've summoned him to face what is expected to be a diplomatic rebuke.

00:22Rosalind Jordan reports from Washington, D.C.

00:24Mr. Kushner accused Macron and his government of turning a blind eye to anti-Semitic violence

00:31across France, of doing nothing to prevent it, and also criticizing the French government

00:37for saying that it's going to recognize an independent Palestinian state at the upcoming

00:42U.N. General Assembly. The French foreign ministry took umbrage, published the letter in the newspapers

00:49late on Sunday evening in France, and has now summoned Mr. Kushner to the foreign ministry

00:55for what can only be imagined would be a dressing down. The French ministry told the French press

01:03that what Mr. Kushner has done is a violation of international diplomatic treaties in which

01:09ambassadors are not supposed to interfere with internal political and foreign policy decisions

01:15by the host country. Kushner, it should be noted, already has a notorious reputation. He spent two

01:23years in federal prison on tax evasion, witness tampering, and fraud charges. He was later pardoned

01:29by Donald Trump, and he is now just one month into being U.S. Ambassador to France.

01:35Rosalind Jordan, Al Jazeera, Washington.

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