Short answer: Yes, based on his actions. Bruno Mars performed a sold-out first-ever Israel concert in Tel Aviv on October 4, 2023, worked Hebrew and an Israeli song into the show, went ahead despite a pro-BDS pressure campaign, and has one Jewish grandparent on his father's side. He has never made an explicit political statement about Israel, and a planned second Tel Aviv show was canceled only because of the October 7 Hamas attack, not by his choice. As of August 2026, that remains the full record.
What Bruno Mars has actually said and done
June 8, 2023: Bruno Mars announced his first-ever Israel concert, booked for October 4, 2023 at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv during the Sukkot holiday, according to The Times of Israel.
September 2023: Jewish Voice for Peace, a pro-BDS advocacy group, publicly pressured Mars to cancel the Tel Aviv shows, framing the appearance as "crossing an international picket line." Mars did not cancel. The pressure campaign was reported by The Jerusalem Post and confirmed by Jewish Voice for Peace's own campaign page.
October 4, 2023: Mars played a sold-out show for roughly 60,000 people at Yarkon Park, his first-ever Israel concert, telling the crowd "we've been waiting a long time to play for you," as reported by The Times of Israel.
October 4, 2023: During that same show, Mars said "Ani ohev otach" (I love you) in Hebrew, told the crowd "Tel Aviv, I think I want to marry you!", and had his keyboardist play an instrumental of "Shlomit Bona Sukkah," the classic Israeli children's Sukkot song by Naomi Shemer, which the audience sang along to. Details via the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
October 7, 2023: Mars's second scheduled Tel Aviv concert was canceled after Hamas's attack on Israel that morning. He and his roughly 60-person crew evacuated from Ben Gurion Airport to Athens, leaving production gear behind, according to Billboard.
October 5, 2023: Coverage of his Tel Aviv show noted that Mars has one Jewish grandparent, on his father's side, alongside his Puerto Rican and Filipino heritage, per the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
September 17, 2024: Ahead of a Kuala Lumpur concert, some Malaysian fans called for a boycott of Mars over his having played Tel Aviv and his public silence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mars made no public statement in response, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
Reading between the lines
Bruno Mars has never issued a political statement, a donation announcement, or a press release specifically about Israel, the war, or the hostages. His connection to Israel is built on actions rather than words: he chose to honor a long-planned Tel Aviv date in the face of an organized pro-BDS pressure campaign, and once there, he treated it as more than just another tour stop, working a Hebrew phrase and a beloved Israeli folk song into his set.
His paternal grandmother's Ashkenazi Jewish background (Hungarian and Ukrainian roots) gives him a personal, if distant, tie to Jewish identity, though he does not discuss it publicly himself; that detail comes from journalists reporting on his family tree, not from any comment by Mars. The second Tel Aviv show simply did not happen because of the October 7 attack and the immediate war footing in Israel that day, not any change of heart on his part. He and his crew evacuated under instruction, leaving their gear behind.
Since then, pro-Palestinian boycott campaigns, including one ahead of a 2024 Malaysia concert, have continued to cite his Tel Aviv appearance as grounds for boycotting him, and he has not responded publicly to that pressure either way. Bruno Mars remains active and touring, with a 2026 headline run, "The Romantic Tour," that includes U.S. stadium dates.
The bottom line
Bruno Mars supports Israel through action, not rhetoric. He played Tel Aviv at a politically fraught moment, resisted a boycott campaign that pushed him to cancel, and folded genuine Israeli and Hebrew touches into his show, all without ever making a formal political statement about the conflict.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
