Kerry touts US military support for Israel.
“This commitment to Israel’s security is actually very personal for me,” he says, saying he was “captivated” by Israel upon his first visit as a senator. He says he’s “come to love” to Israel.
“Out of those experiences came a steadfast commitment to Israel’s security that has never wavered” throughout my political career, says Kerry.
Kerry says Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank can make any daily experience for Palestinians “an ordeal.”
He describes visits to Palestinians, Israelis, in Gaza and Sderot.
“No children — Israeli or Palestinian — should have to live like that.”
Kerry says, despite the “difficulties, upon becoming US secretary “I knew I had to do everything in my power to end this conflict.”
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