In the past few weeks, tensions in Jerusalem have skyrocketed and we need to act now before the situation gets further out of control. 

Provocative actions like home demolitions and evictions by Israel and settler groups in Jerusalem are inflaming tensions, making a two-state solution and long-term security for Israel as a Jewish, democratic homeland harder to achieve.

The best way to get Israel to change course is to ask the US to speak up. Click here to ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to redouble efforts to change Israel's behavior in Jerusalem.

Israel needs to hear from the United States that recent actions in Jerusalem undermine the prospects for a two-state solution, the only way to secure Israel's future as a Jewish, democratic homeland.

Click here to read J Street's press statement calling for strong American engagement to stop these provocative actions in East Jerusalem.