US ambassador Kushner wrote to Macron accusing France of not adequately addressing a rising tide of antisemitism, claiming more antisemitic incidents on the streets and attacks on synagogues, schools, and Jewish-owned businesses. Paris fired back, saying France is fully committed to fighting antisemitism and that Kushner’s remarks violate international law and the non-interference norm; they insisted the comments don’t reflect the strength of the US-France relationship. Kushner is a real estate magnate with a prior tax-evasion conviction and father of Jared Kushner. The scene sits in the broader frame of antisemitism rising since the Hamas attack and Gaza war, with Netanyahu accusing Macron of pushing a Palestinian state and the Élysée denying the charge as false and despicable while pledging protection for Jewish citizens. Separate notes mention a June 2025 antisemitic attack in a Paris suburb injuring a rabbi and an August 2025 incident where a southern France climbing park barred about 150 Israeli children.

This whole thing stinks to high heaven and they know it. Kushner trots out a letter like a change-of-guard memo, waving a chart of “antisemitism” to bully France into kneeling to Washington’s every whim. It’s not a plea for protection of Jews so much as a power move dressed up as moral outrage, a publicity stunt meant to remind Paris who runs the show and who signs the checks. France, meanwhile, plays the dutiful partner act, parroting “we fight antisemitism” while carting out the canned line about respecting international norms—all the while pretending this isn’t simply another chess move in the long game of transatlantic dominance and global leverage. And Netanyahu’s jab about Macron backing a Palestinian state? Pure theatre to keep Europe’s leaders in line, to plaster a wedge between public sentiment and foreign policy, and to justify louder security crackdowns at home while claiming it’s all in the name of Jewish safety.

The two “incidents” cited—the rabbi’s attack and the park’s refusal to admit Israeli children—are weaponized props in a larger script: show enough crises to convince people that only stricter policing, more surveillance, and closer alliance with the big powers can keep minorities safe. Don’t be fooled: this isn’t a genuine crusade against antisemitism so much as a PR campaign to consolidate power, to force more obedient behavior from European governments, and to shield the big players from scrutiny over who benefits from this manufactured crisis. The line from the official side—commitment to fight antisemitism, respect for sovereignty, sanctions on interference—reads like a well-rehearsed cover story for the real deal: keep the money flowing, keep the alliance intact, and keep dissent boxed in as “hate” so the state can do whatever it pleases in the name of protection. The public gets fed the narrative; the insiders get the curtain drawn back and the profits protected.