Short answer: No. Lizzo has not expressed support for Israel. In May 2024, she publicly thanked pro-Palestinian campus protesters and used the word "genocide" to describe Israel's conduct, and she has publicized Gaza aid fundraising. She is not Jewish herself but has separately praised a Jewish community figure and spoken about combating antisemitism in general terms, which is not the same as supporting Israel. As of August 2026, that record has not changed.
What Lizzo has actually said and done
- December 2022: At the People's Choice Awards, Lizzo used her acceptance speech to spotlight a group of activist women, including Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh, praising her for "building a bridge between Jewish people of all colors and backgrounds," according to Hey Alma and confirmed by Beverly Press. The tribute was about Jewish communal inclusion and fighting antisemitism broadly, not a statement about Israel.
- May 13, 2024: Lizzo posted an Instagram video thanking "activists who have been working tirelessly to help the liberation and the freedom of the people who have been genocided all over the world, specifically Palestine, Sudan, and the Congo," and called the wave of student-led anti-Israel campus protests "deeply important." The remarks were reported by The Algemeiner and The Hollywood Reporter.
- May 13, 2024: In that same video, she pointed followers to Operation Olive Branch, a grassroots effort supporting displaced Palestinian families and Gaza aid fundraisers, including one for a Gaza-based doctor, and urged "fellow rich people" to help families get to safety, per Good Good Good.
- September 2025 to 2026: The "No Music for Genocide" cultural boycott of Israel launched in September 2025 and grew past 1,000 artist and label signatories, including Lorde, Massive Attack, and Paramore, according to NPR. Searches of the campaign's public signatory list through August 2026 do not show Lizzo among them.
- Through August 2026: No report has surfaced of Lizzo visiting Israel, performing there, or making any further public statement about Israel since May 2024. Her activity this year, an album release, a BET Awards appearance, and National Symphony Orchestra dates, has stayed focused on music and touring, per E! News.
Context: where Lizzo's public record stands
Lizzo (Melissa Viviane Jefferson) is an American singer and rapper. She is not Jewish; her background is Christian, and she has spoken about growing up attending church. Her one notable link to Jewish public life has nothing to do with Israel: at the December 2022 People's Choice Awards, she highlighted Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh's interfaith and Jews-of-color inclusion work as part of a broader tribute to women activists. That should not be read as a pro-Israel signal, since combating antisemitism and taking a position on Israel are separate questions.
On Israel specifically, her clearest public record is the May 2024 Instagram video, in which she thanked pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel campus protesters, used the word "genocide" to describe Israel's conduct, and directed followers to Gaza aid fundraising through Operation Olive Branch. The October 7 hostage crisis has since ended: the last living hostages returned home under the October 2025 ceasefire, and the remains of the final hostage, Ran Gvili, came home in January 2026. No record has been found of Lizzo visiting Israel, performing there, joining a formal boycott campaign such as No Music for Genocide, or donating to an Israel-based or pro-Israel cause.
The bottom line
Lizzo does not support Israel. Her one clear public statement on the subject, from May 2024, was critical of Israel and supportive of pro-Palestinian campus activism and Gaza aid. She has not visited Israel, performed there, or backed any pro-Israel cause, and there is no indication that has changed through August 2026.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
