Short answer: As of August 2026, Hrithik Roshan has never made a public statement declaring support for Israel, and there is no record of him visiting the country, donating to Israeli causes, or endorsing an Israeli brand. His name did brush up against the Israel-Gaza war once, when a Malaysia concert he was fronting was pushed toward cancellation by a Malaysian politician citing the conflict, but Roshan himself never took a public position on Israel or Gaza in the matter. Two separate viral claims about his stance have also been debunked by fact-checkers.
What Hrithik Roshan has actually said and done
- November 22, 2023: Malaysian PAS member of parliament Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman publicly called for the "Stars on Fire" Kuala Lumpur concert, fronted by Hrithik Roshan, to be cancelled, saying such concerts were "not suitable and insensitive towards the sensitivities of the majority of the people in the country when many are suffering in Palestine," as reported by The Star (Malaysia).
- November 27, 2023: The concert's promoter, Yess Boss Group, announced the postponement of the show, which had been scheduled for December 1, 2023 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, according to The Star.
- November 30, 2023: Hrithik Roshan announced the cancellation himself, stating, "considering the current challenges and out of deep respect for the well-being of the people in Malaysia, we have all made the decision to cancel this tour." He did not reference Israel, Gaza, or the conflict directly in his stated reasoning, per The Star.
- April 2023: A video claiming to show Hrithik Roshan expressing support and love for Palestine circulated on social media. Fact-checkers found it to be edited or manipulated, not a genuine statement from the actor.
- January 2024: A separate viral claim asserted that Hrithik Roshan had cancelled a Maldives visit in solidarity with "Boycott Maldives" calls, part of an unrelated India-Maldives diplomatic dispute. BOOM Live fact-checked this as false, finding the circulating video actually showed his November 2023 Malaysia concert cancellation announcement, with no verified post from Roshan supporting a Maldives boycott.
- Through August 2026: No reputable outlet has reported Hrithik Roshan making any donation, statement, event appearance, or endorsement tied to Israel, nor any reported Jewish-identity connection; his documented ancestry is Punjabi and Bengali. Searches of his verified social media and mainstream entertainment press turned up no engagement with Israel as a country, cross-checked against BOOM Live's reporting.
Why his name keeps coming up alongside Israel
Hrithik Roshan is one of Bollywood's biggest stars, and his 2023-2024 news cycle intersected with the Israel-Gaza war only indirectly, through a Malaysian concert controversy rather than any personal statement about Israel. A Malaysian politician invoked the war to argue against the show going forward, and the concert was postponed. Roshan's own public explanation stuck to respect for Malaysia and "current challenges," stopping short of addressing the conflict itself. Around the same period, two separate viral video claims tried to place him on one side of the issue: a fabricated pro-Palestine clip and a misattributed Maldives-boycott clip. Both were debunked by fact-checking outlets. Beyond that episode, there is no documented visit to Israel, donation to an Israeli or Jewish cause, boycott participation, or Jewish-ancestry connection in his public record through August 2026.
The bottom line
Based on the public record through August 2026, Hrithik Roshan has taken no discernible public stance on Israel. He has not visited the country or supported it through donations or appearances, and the viral claims linking him to a pro-Palestine or anti-Israel position have been debunked as fake or misattributed video. His name surfaced in the Israel-Gaza news cycle only because a Malaysian politician cited the war while pushing to cancel a concert he was fronting, a show he ultimately postponed for stated reasons unrelated to the conflict itself.
Show your own support, no ambiguity required
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
