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EE.UU. respalda a embajador en Francia en disputa por antisemitismo
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A diplomatic row between the United States and France escalated on Monday when Washington decided to stand firmly behind its ambassador's criticism of the French response to a rising tide of antisemitism.
US ambassador Charles Kushner, the father of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was ordered to report to the French foreign ministry on Monday. It was not immediately clear whether the meeting had taken place, but the row will linger.
The row erupted amid concerns about an increase in antisemitic acts and hate crimes in France as international tensions mount over the conflict in Gaza. Kushner, in a public letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, has accused France of a "lack of sufficient action".
France retorted that "the allegations from the ambassador are unacceptable" and the rift deepened on Monday when Kushner was summoned to the ministry and the Trump administration doubled down on his critique.
"We stand by his comments," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said. "Ambassador Kushner is our US government representative in France and is doing a great job advancing our national interests in that role."
In July, Macron said France would formally recognise a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, sparking irritation in Israel and the United States.
In a letter to Macron that was released to the new media at the weekend, Kushner alleged that such gestures "embolden extremists, fuel violence, and endanger Jewish life in France".
"President Trump and I have Jewish children and share Jewish grandchildren. I know how he feels about antisemitism, as do all Americans," he wrote
Kushner, whose son Jared is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, was confirmed as France's ambassador by the Senate in May.
France condemned the ambassador's report, but noted: "The rise in anti-Semitic acts in France since 7 October 2023 is a reality that we deplore and to which the French authorities are responding with total commitment, as these acts are completely unacceptable."
- 'Intolerable levels' -
Members of France's Jewish community have said the number of antisemitic acts has surged following the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023 which triggered Israel's military response.
Last week, a group of 150 young Israeli tourists was refused entry to a leisure park in the south of France.
Prosecutors said they had placed the manager of the park under investigation on suspicion of discrimination based on ethnic origin or nationality.
In another incident this month, an olive tree planted in memory of a young Jewish man tortured to death in 2006 was felled outside Paris.
The cutting down of the memorial tree stirred outrage in France, with Macron vowing punishment over an act of antisemitic "hatred".
However, this is more than double the 304 acts recorded between January and June 2023.
Francia alberga la mayor población judía de Europa occidental, con alrededor de medio millón de personas, así como una importante comunidad musulmana sensible a la difícil situación del pueblo palestino en Gaza.
Los comentarios de Kushner coinciden con los del primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, quien acusó a Macron de fomentar el antisemitismo.
El lunes, la ministra de Igualdad, Aurore Berge, defendió al gobierno francés.
"La lucha del gobierno francés contra el antisemitismo es inequívoca", declaró Berge a la emisora Europe 1-CNews.
El asunto es demasiado serio. En mi opinión, es demasiado importante como para utilizarlo como moneda de cambio diplomática.
También reconoció el aumento de incidentes antisemitas en Occidente.
"Creo que hemos llegado a niveles absolutamente intolerables", dijo Berge.
Patrick Klugman, abogado de varias víctimas francesas de los ataques del 7 de octubre, dijo que el antisemitismo en Francia había alcanzado niveles históricos, pero defendió al gobierno.
"En los últimos seis años, no se ha cometido ningún asesinato antisemita en Francia, mientras que, lamentablemente, sí se han cometido varios en Estados Unidos. El contraste es sorprendente", declaró en X.
Ningún país está en posición de dar lecciones a otros, y todos deben revisar su enfoque.
Los actos antisemitas denunciados en Francia aumentaron de 436 en 2022 a 1.676 en 2023, antes de caer a 1.570 el año pasado, según el Ministerio del Interior.
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