Short answer: No. Jonathan Van Ness has a public record of criticizing Israel, not supporting it. He has been a vocal advocate for Palestinian rights since at least 2017, and in a September 2025 social media post he criticized Israeli government actions in strong terms. He has repeatedly called for "peace for all, both Israeli and Palestinian," but his statements consistently push back on specific Israeli and U.S. policy decisions. There is no record of him visiting Israel, donating to Israeli causes, or appearing at pro-Israel events. As of August 2026, nothing in the public record shows Van Ness supporting Israel.
What Jonathan Van Ness has actually said and done
- December 2017: Van Ness replied directly to then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley about a U.N. vote tied to Jerusalem, writing that Palestinians deserve equal rights and that "Israelis & Palestinians deserve peace & prosperity," while calling the Trump administration's move "antagonistic." He posted this on X (formerly Twitter).
- March 2019: In March 2019, Van Ness posted that "an entire people's access to freedom doesn't make anyone else less free," saying he supports "peace for all, both Israeli and Palestinian" while describing the president's approach as driven by "racist fear based lies," according to his post on X.
- October 2023: In a podcast episode published by Just Jared, Van Ness said he had received "virulent DMs" calling him "either Islamophobic or antisemitic" in the aftermath of October 7, saying he was "too loud, too quiet, whatever it is" in his commentary on the Israel-Gaza conflict, an indication that he had been posting about it and drawing criticism from people on both sides.
- February 2024: The pro-Palestinian account @celebrities4palestine reposted criticism of Van Ness (credited to @mattxiv) accusing him of "pinkwashing," pointing to what critics saw as inconsistency between his stated pro-Palestinian sympathies and his broader public alignment. The post appeared on Instagram and was also referenced on TikTok.
Who is Jonathan Van Ness, and what's the fuller picture?
Jonathan Van Ness, born in 1987 in Quincy, Illinois, is the grooming expert on Netflix's "Queer Eye" and a well-known LGBTQ+ advocate. He was raised in a Christian household and is an ordained Universal Life Church minister; no Jewish heritage or personal connection to Israel appears anywhere in the public record. There's no documentation of him ever visiting Israel, donating to an Israeli cause, appearing at a pro-Israel event, or formally joining a boycott campaign. What does exist is a consistent pattern, dating back to at least 2017, of criticizing specific Israeli and U.S. government decisions on social media while also calling for "peace for all, both Israeli and Palestinian." By 2023 he said he was getting hostile messages from people on both sides of the debate over his commentary, and in 2024 a pro-Palestinian account accused him of "pinkwashing," suggesting even some activists sympathetic to his stated views see friction between his politics and his broader public image.
The bottom line
Jonathan Van Ness does not support Israel in any documented sense. His public record shows sustained criticism of Israeli government policy and a stated pro-Palestinian sympathy going back nearly a decade, paired with general calls for peace on both sides. There is no Jewish identity connection, no visits to Israel, no donations, and no pro-Israel event appearances anywhere in the record.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
