Short answer: Anne Hathaway has not staked out a pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian political position. Her one substantive public comment, made in May 2021 as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, called for de-escalation and peace on both sides. She has no record of visiting Israel, boycotting Israel, or commenting on the war since October 2023. Her husband, producer Adam Shulman, is Jewish, and Jewish elements were part of their 2012 wedding, but that is a family fact, not a political statement about Israel. As of August 2026.
What Anne Hathaway has actually said and done
- September 29, 2012: Hathaway married producer Adam Shulman, who is Jewish, in an intimate ceremony in Big Sur, California. Coverage describes it as an interfaith wedding: actor Josh Gad, not a professional rabbi, performed the Jewish component alongside a minister who handled the Catholic side, reflecting Shulman's Jewish background and Hathaway's Catholic upbringing, according to Showbiz411.
- June 15, 2016: The United Nations named Hathaway a UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, a role focused on gender equality and unpaid care work rather than Middle East policy, per the United Nations. This role is the context for her later comment on Israel and Gaza.
- May 2021: During that month's Israel-Gaza fighting, Hathaway posted on Instagram directing followers to a UN Women statement and wrote, "It's breaking my heart to see the terrible, escalating violence in Palestine and Israel, the bloodshed, the deaths, and the children killed. I join UN Women and all those calling for an immediate de-escalation of the conflict. Everyone has the right to live in peace and dignity." She named both Israel and Palestine and called for de-escalation on both sides rather than endorsing either side's position, as reported by Geo News and The News (Pakistan).
- April 22, 2026: A resurfaced People magazine interview clip in which Hathaway used the Arabic phrase "inshallah" ("God willing") while discussing aging and promoting The Devil Wears Prada 2 went viral, drawing a largely warm reaction from Muslim social media users. The remark was about aging, not Israel or the Middle East conflict, and Hathaway made no political statement in it, per Al Jazeera.
The context worth knowing
Hathaway is a two-time Oscar nominee and winner (Les Misérables) best known for The Devil Wears Prada, The Princess Diaries, and Les Misérables. She has served as a UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador since June 2016, in a role centered on gender equality rather than foreign policy. Her only public comment referencing Israel came in May 2021, when she reposted a UN Women statement and added her own note calling for an end to violence "in Palestine and Israel" and de-escalation on both sides. That is her full public record on the subject: no visits to Israel, no boycott activity, no donations to Israeli or pro-Israel causes, and no statements since the October 7, 2023 war and its aftermath, including the 2025 ceasefire and the return of the hostages.
Her husband, producer and jewelry designer Adam Shulman, is Jewish, and their 2012 wedding incorporated a Jewish ceremonial element alongside a Catholic one, reflecting the couple's blended-faith household. That is a family and religious fact about her marriage, not a political position on Israel, and it should not be conflated with one.
One activist boycott-tracking site, Reverse Canary Mission, has criticized Hathaway for not commenting on Gaza since 2023, framing her silence as tacit support for Israel. The page cites no statement or action by Hathaway, only the absence of one, and that criticism itself confirms she has not taken a public position on the current war either way.
The bottom line
Anne Hathaway is not a pro-Israel advocate and not an anti-Israel activist. Her single on-record comment, from May 2021, called for peace and an end to violence on both sides rather than taking Israel's side or Palestine's. She has a Jewish husband and some Jewish family tradition in her household, but no independent record of pro-Israel statements, donations, or appearances, and nothing at all since October 2023. Shoppers looking for a celebrity who has actively spoken up for Israel will not find that in Hathaway's record; she is best described as publicly neutral and largely silent on the subject since 2021.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
