After Diplomatic Clash: U.S. Envoy Leaves Macron Humiliated

As JFeed reported Sunday, Kushner was summoned for an official reprimand after sending an extraordinary letter to Macron declaring that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism” and accusing France of enabling Hamas through its hostile positions toward Israel.

France’s response was swift and furious: the Élysée accused Washington of “interference in internal affairs” and demanded the ambassador appear in person for a rebuke. Instead, Kushner pointedly dispatched a chargé d’affaires — a move French diplomats admit is “an insult to the Republic.”

This rare act of defiance underscores Kushner’s determination to stand by Israel and confront what he sees as France’s dangerous appeasement of antisemitic forces. It is not the first such episode. Immediately after receiving France’s reprimand, Kushner released the very letter that sparked the crisis — republishing it in the Wall Street Journal under his own byline, as an op-ed for an American audience.

The message was clear: Washington is not backing down.

Kushner, father of Jared Kushner and son of Holocaust survivors, made combatting antisemitism and defending Israel central to his ambassadorship from the moment he entered office. His latest moves show he is willing to break protocol and provoke anger in Paris rather than compromise on those principles.

For Macron, the incident is an embarrassment on the world stage. For Israel, it is another sign that under President Trump, the U.S. is not only willing to call out antisemitism in Europe, but to directly pressure European leaders when Jewish safety and Israel’s legitimacy are at stake.