This February, Canada’s New Democratic Party will debate a resolution calling for the use of diplomatic and economic pressure to end Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian territories. Yazan Khader says Palestine solidarity activists must make use of this opportunity by attending the convention: “In the end, the proposal’s success will depend on the number of people in the room raising their hands to vote for it. So I invite you. In February, join us and raise your hand for Palestine.”

Palestinian activist Yazan Khader writes, “IfNotNow is a very effective group. It has managed to ignite a stagnant conversation within the American Jewish community. For myself and many other Palestinians, their work is a cause for refreshing optimism. But it would be wrong to assume that they are without blemish. To succeed, and to succeed well, IfNotNow should begin talking to Palestinians, not in a way that takes away from their potency as an anti-occupation group working within the Jewish community, but in a manner that guides it.”