Does Kevin Durant Support Israel?

Shelly Zimmerman Feb 26, 2025 3 min read

Short answer: As of July 2026, Kevin Durant has made no direct public statement of support for, or opposition to, Israel. His only substantive tie is a passive 2020 investment in the drone company Skydio, whose products the Israel Defense Forces began using after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, a connection that has drawn renewed social-media criticism in 2026. He has separately said, in 2022, that he does not condone antisemitism, and he is not Jewish.

What Kevin Durant has actually said and done

June 3, 2020: Forbes reported that Durant was a passive investor in Skydio, a U.S. drone startup, calling him the company's "most famous investor" following its Series E funding round.
July 8, 2020: According to Nothin' But Nets and a similar account from The SportsRush, Durant "liked" an Instagram post referencing Louis Farrakhan that was shared by NFL player DeSean Jackson amid Jackson's antisemitism controversy. Durant never commented on or addressed the like directly.
November 4, 2022: Asked about teammate Kyrie Irving's antisemitism scandal, Durant first said he "didn't like anything that went on," then posted on social media, "I don't condone hate speech or anti-semetism [sic], I'm about spreading love always," per CBS Sports.
November 1, 2023: Politico reported (via a citation in Skydio's Wikipedia entry) that the Israel Defense Forces were among the U.S. allies using Skydio drones, part of Israel's post-October 7 push for advanced technology. Durant is not named in that reporting; the link to him is only through his 2020 investment.
February 15, 2026: Around the NBA All-Star Game, fans on X confronted Durant about profiting from his Skydio stake given the drone shipments to Israel. According to Sportskeeda, Durant deflected, steering the conversation toward an unrelated topic (NBA trophy redesign) rather than addressing the investment.
February 18, 2026: Screenshots circulated of an alleged Durant "burner" account (@gethigher77) reportedly replying "If they need drones!! We got ya" to a post accusing him of profiting from violence in Gaza. Per AOL / wire reporting and The Setonian, the account went private after the leak, and there is no independent platform or forensic confirmation it belongs to Durant. Durant called the accusations "nonsense."

Jewish identity and an industry-wide intersection

Kevin Durant is not Jewish and has no reported Jewish-identity connection to draw on here. His only prior brushes with antisemitism-adjacent news came from his 2022 comment distancing himself from Kyrie Irving's promotion of an antisemitic film, and the 2020 report that he "liked" a since-deleted Instagram post referencing Louis Farrakhan, which he never addressed publicly. What makes Durant's case notable is that it isn't really about Israel at all: it's scrutiny of a passive financial stake in a dual-use drone company, the kind of story that has become common as investors, athletes, and executives find their portfolios unexpectedly tied to defense technology used across many countries, including Israel, after October 7, 2023. There is no evidence Durant has donated to Israel-related causes, taken part in a boycott or boycott refusal, or appeared at any event tied to Israel one way or the other. Those categories are simply absent from the public record, not confirmed in either direction.

The bottom line

Kevin Durant has not taken a public position on Israel, has made no statements of support, and has not appeared at any pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian event. The controversy tied to his name is entirely about a passive 2020 investment in Skydio, whose drones the IDF began using in 2023, not about anything Durant has said or done regarding Israel directly.

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Last updated July 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.