Short answer: No. As of August 2026, Devin Booker, the Phoenix Suns guard, has no documented public statements, donations, visits, or advocacy connected to Israel, either supportive or critical. He is not Jewish and has no confirmed personal or family tie to the country.
What Devin Booker has actually said and done
- 2019: Booker was reported to have used the gym at YULA, the Yeshiva University of Los Angeles Boys High School, for offseason pickup basketball. This was part of a wider trend of NBA players training at Jewish day-school gyms, a practice that started with Blake Griffin in 2015. The Forward covered it as a facilities and training story, not a statement of Jewish identity or Israel engagement, and the detail was also picked up by the St. Louis Jewish Light.
- Ongoing (grants documented 2019-2022): Booker's philanthropic vehicle, the Devin Booker Starting Five Fund, operates through the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Phoenix Suns Charities. Per its own public materials at the Entertainment Industry Foundation, the fund supports neurodivergent youth programs, court refurbishments, dental care, and back-to-school drives in the Phoenix area. No grants, statements, or programming tied to Israel appear anywhere in its public record.
- February 2026: Booker was named a 2026 NBA All-Star, confirming he remains an active, high-profile player. Phoenix Suns/NBA.com coverage of the selection carries no Israel-related commentary attached to it.
A common mix-up worth flagging
Searches for "Booker Israel" turn up U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey almost exclusively. Senator Booker has an extensive, well-documented, and entirely separate public record on Israel policy. That is not this Devin Booker, the basketball player. If you were looking for the senator's positions, this article is not the one you want.
Beyond the name confusion, the only Israel-adjacent thread in Devin Booker's own public record is the 2019 reporting that he trained at YULA, a Jewish day school in Los Angeles, alongside several other NBA players. That reporting describes a training-facility arrangement, not a religious identity, a donation, or a position on Israel. No search turned up statements, donations, event appearances, boycott activity, boycott refusals, or any comment from Booker on Israel, Gaza, October 7, or the broader conflict, in any year through August 2026.
The bottom line
Devin Booker has no public record of supporting or opposing Israel. His public life centers on basketball and Phoenix-area youth philanthropy. Nothing ties him to Israel beyond a 2019 report that he trained at a Jewish high school gym in Los Angeles, which is a facilities detail, not an Israel-related statement or action. This confidence is medium-high on the absence of a record, since multiple targeted searches across statements, donations, boycotts, and event appearances all came back empty, though a negative claim like this can never be proven exhaustively.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
