Row breaks out as US diplomat criticises France on antisemitism

France’s foreign ministry said Sunday it would summon the US ambassador after he criticised the government for what he said was its insufficient action against antisemitism in a letter to President Emmanuel Macron.

The letter from Charles Kushner, dated August 25 but leaked to the media on Sunday, echoed Israel’s criticism of France days earlier, which provoked a sharp response from Paris.

Kushner’s letter to Macron noted that Monday was “the 81st anniversary of the Allied Liberation of Paris,…