The Democratic National Committee has accepted Bernie Sanders-appointed pro-Palestinian activist James Zogby to its platform drafting committee in an attempt to ease interparty tensions.

Zogby, president and founder of the Arab American Institute (AAI) and an avid critic of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is one of five Sanders-sponsored members on the 15-member platform drafting committee. Though Zogby currently serves as co-chair of the Democratic resolution committee, he has never before helped draft the platform document, according to the Washington Post.