Short answer: No, but not for the reason some searches suggest. As of August 2026, Kylian Mbappe has never personally made a public statement supporting or criticizing Israel. There is no verified record of him visiting Israel, donating to an Israeli cause, or commenting on the Israel-Hamas war. The "Free Palestine" and antisemitic posts that briefly appeared on his X (Twitter) account came from a hacker in August 2024, not from Mbappe himself, and were deleted the moment he regained control of his account.
What Kylian Mbappe has actually said and done
- October 25, 2022: Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain beat the Israeli club Maccabi Haifa 7-2 in a UEFA Champions League group-stage match in Paris, according to ESPN. This was a routine football fixture with no political content, and it predates the Israel-Hamas war by roughly a year.
- August 29, 2024: Mbappe's X account was hijacked by a hacker for about 20 minutes. The hacker posted "F*ck Israel," an antisemitic line about Jews owning football, and "Free Palestine," along with insults toward Lionel Messi and a crypto-token promotion. The Times of Israel and Yahoo Sports both reported that the posts were deleted once Mbappe regained control and were never his own words.
- November 7, 2024: France coach Didier Deschamps left Mbappe out of the national squad for Nations League matches against Israel and Italy for a second straight international window. As The Irish Times reported, Deschamps said only that "it is a decision that I took for this block of matches only" and that "Kylian wanted to come," giving no political reason.
- May 2026: Mbappe spoke out against France's far-right National Rally party, warning of "catastrophic" consequences if it took power, a feud covered by The Week. See also wire reporting via AOL. This shows he is willing to speak on political topics in general, but the comment addressed French domestic politics, not Israel.
- August 2026: Mbappe remains an active, high-profile player for Real Madrid, coming off France's run to the third-place match at the 2026 World Cup (a 6-4 loss to England), and is preparing for Real Madrid's preseason and the 2026-27 La Liga season, according to Fox Sports. He remains one of the most visible athletes in the world with no Israel-related statement on record.
Why this question keeps coming up
Kylian Mbappe, born December 20, 1998, is a French professional footballer currently playing for Real Madrid and captaining the French national team. His profile is exactly why his silence on Israel stands out and drives search interest in the first place.
Two separate things tend to get conflated in searches about "Mbappe and Israel." The first is the 2022 Champions League match, where PSG (with Mbappe scoring twice) beat the Israeli club Maccabi Haifa, a normal sporting fixture with no political dimension. The second is the August 2024 hack of his X account, where a hacker posted antisemitic and anti-Israel content that had nothing to do with Mbappe's own views. Some pro-Palestinian advocacy sites have tried to characterize Mbappe as "complicit" through his sponsorships or club affiliations, but that reflects those sites' own campaign framing rather than any statement, donation, or action by Mbappe himself, which is why it is not treated as fact here.
Separately, Mbappe was twice left off the France squad for matches against Israel in October and November 2024. This is sometimes read online as if it were political, but Deschamps was on record attributing it to Mbappe's form at Real Madrid, not to the opponent or any boycott. No credible outlet reported a political motive. There is also no verified Jewish-identity connection for Mbappe (family background, religious practice, or personal ties to Israel) in the public record.
The bottom line
Nothing in the verified public record shows Mbappe supporting or opposing Israel. He has never made a personal statement on the subject, and the antisemitic and anti-Israel posts that briefly appeared on his account came from a hacker, not from him. His one substantive brush with Israeli football, the 2022 rout of Maccabi Haifa, predates the war and carries no political content. He was twice left off France's squad for matches against Israel, but that traced to form, not politics. The honest answer is that Mbappe has stayed silent on Israel specifically, even though he is willing to speak up on other political topics, like French domestic politics in 2026.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
