Short answer: No. As of August 2026, Jenna Ortega has not expressed support for Israel. Her public record since October 2023 runs consistently the other way: she signed a Hollywood ceasefire letter, exited the Scream franchise days after a co-star was fired over anti-Israel posts, posted Instagram content criticizing Israel's Rafah offensive, and in June 2025 posted about the Israel-Iran and Gaza wars in a way pro-Israel advocates publicly criticized for omitting Israeli victims. She has made no known donations, statements, or trips supportive of Israel, and has no Jewish heritage; she is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent.
What Jenna Ortega has actually said and done
- October 2023: Ortega signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to President Biden. The letter drew roughly 55 signatories in its first wave and hundreds more later, including Tom Hardy and Selena Gomez, calling for a ceasefire and citing the "unfolding horrors in Israel and Palestine," according to Wikipedia's account of the letter and confirmed by Ynetnews.
- November 21, 2023: Her Scream co-star Melissa Barrera was fired by Spyglass Media Group from Scream 7 after Instagram posts accusing Israel of "genocide" and comparing Gaza to a "concentration camp," which the studio called antisemitic, per Deadline.
- November 22, 2023: Days after Barrera's firing, Ortega dropped out of Scream 7 as well. Reports at the time cited a scheduling conflict with Wednesday, according to Forbes.
- May 28, 2024: Following an Israeli strike on a displacement camp near Rafah, Ortega posted an Instagram Story showing a Palestinian family in Rafah with the caption "Masses debating over a ceasefire while thousands upon thousands of children continue being slaughtered. Where is the humanity," as reported by TMZ and Daily Sabah.
- April 2025: In an interview reported by Deadline, Ortega said her Scream 7 exit "had nothing to do with pay or scheduling," explaining that after the Barrera situation and the directors' exit, "it was all kind of falling apart" and no longer felt like the right career move. She did not frame the exit as a solidarity statement, and Barrera has publicly disputed that framing.
- May 6, 2026: In an interview covered by CBR and Fox News, Barrera criticized her former Scream co-stars, calling them "scabby" and saying the solidarity narrative was "not the reality of things." It is the sharpest public account of the episode to date and it cuts against reading Ortega's exit as support for Barrera.
- June 14, 2025: Ortega posted on Instagram Stories that the world is "crying" over immigration raids in Los Angeles, the Israel-Hamas war, and the Israel-Iran war, writing "Innocent civilians in Iran are caught in the middle of warfare. Palestinian cries are still being buried in every day media," without mentioning Israeli civilian suffering, per The Algemeiner.
- June 17, 2025: Creative Community for Peace, a pro-Israel entertainment-industry organization, publicly criticized that post for omitting Israeli victims, writing "If you truly care about innocent lives, all lives, then don't erase Israeli civilians" and "Shame on you!", according to The Algemeiner.
The Melissa Barrera connection, and where Ortega's own record stands
Jenna Ortega, born September 27, 2002, is a Mexican and Puerto Rican American actress best known for Netflix's Wednesday and the Scream franchise. There is no Jewish heritage in her family background; she has spoken publicly and proudly about her Latina identity, not any Jewish identity, so there is no Jewish-identity angle to this story.
Her connection to Israel and the region runs largely through the Melissa Barrera controversy. In November 2023, Barrera was fired from Scream 7 after posting content Spyglass Media Group deemed antisemitic. Ortega, Barrera's co-star and friend, exited the franchise days later. For about 18 months the reason given publicly was a scheduling conflict, but in an April 2025 interview Ortega tied her departure to the production "falling apart" after the Barrera fallout, though she stopped short of calling it a political statement, and Barrera has since said she felt her co-stars stayed silent.
Separately, Ortega has posted content on her own account critical of Israeli military action: the October 2023 ceasefire letter, the May 2024 Rafah-related Instagram Story, and the June 2025 post about the Iran and Gaza wars. None of these posts endorse Israel or Israeli positions; each centers Palestinian or regional civilian suffering. There is no record of Ortega visiting Israel, donating to Israeli causes, or making any public statement supportive of Israel.
The bottom line
Jenna Ortega does not support Israel in any documented public way. Her record, a ceasefire letter, her Scream 7 exit following Melissa Barrera's firing, a Rafah-related Instagram post, and a 2025 post criticized by a pro-Israel group for omitting Israeli suffering, consistently centers Palestinian and regional civilian harm rather than expressing support for Israel. She has no Jewish heritage; her identity is Mexican and Puerto Rican American.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
