As Secretary of State John Kerry heads to the Middle East to continue pushing for Israeli-Palestinian peace, APN is reiterating its call on American Jews to heed Kerry's call and urge their community's leaders to unequivocally support Kerry's mission. In a speech that Secretary Kerry delivered earlier this month (you can read the full text of his speech here), he exhorted a large crowd of American Jewish community activists to "send a message ... that you are behind this hopeful vision of what can be. Let your leaders and your neighbors alike know that you understand this will be a tough process with tough decisions and that you are ready to back the leaders who make them."

Earlier this week, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a powerful speech advocating Israeli-Palestinian peace (you can read the full text of his speech here). In his speech, he exhorted his audience of prominent American Jews to "send a message...that you are behind this hopeful vision of what can be. Let your leaders and your neighbors alike know that you understand this will be a tough process with tough decisions and that you are ready to back the leaders who make them."