IfNotNow

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.IfNotNow is an American Jewish activist group that opposes the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Its membership demonstrates against politicians, United States policies, and institutions that support Israel's occupation, usually seeking to apply pressure through direct action and media appearances.

[1] Activists recited the Jewish prayer of mourning, the Mourner's Kaddish, for all Palestinian and Israeli victims of the war outside the Conferences' office.

[11][12] Going beyond critiquing the actions of Israel, IfNotNow proposes a Jewish diasporic cultural identity that Professor David Graizbord of the University of Arizona characterized as "left-progressive pan-Judaism."

[18][20][21] In 2016, the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, which manages over $1 billion in charitable funds, refused to disburse donor money to IfNotNow.

According to historian Sara Yael Hirschhorn, IfNotNow's statement placed the group beyond "red lines" maintained by mainstream American Jews.

Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman's Senate confirmation hearing, blowing a shofar and criticizing his support and funding of settlements in the West Bank.

IfNotNow protesting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 's 2017 Annual Policy Conference in Washington, DC