Short answer: No. As of August 2026, Michael Moore does not support Israel's government or its conduct of the Gaza war. He has repeatedly called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal," accused the United States of arming what he calls the "slaughter" of civilians in Gaza, and in late 2024 signed on as executive producer of "From Ground Zero," a Palestinian film submitted as that territory's Oscar entry.
What Michael Moore has actually said and done
November 4, 2023: At a DOC NYC tribute lunch, Moore called for a moment of silence for the roughly 1,400 people killed in Israel on October 7 and the roughly 10,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza up to that point, saying that killing more would not bring back the dead, according to Variety.
November 4, 2023: In the same period, Moore said Israel's military response to the Hamas attack was going far beyond punishing the attackers and amounted to indiscriminate killing of civilians in Gaza, as reported by Al Jazeera.
September 2024: Writing on his Substack newsletter, Moore said "The United States is the Bank that is funding and arming the slaughter of children in Gaza," called Netanyahu a war criminal, and argued that continued U.S. arming of Israel makes Americans "his accomplices," a post covered at the time by MichaelMoore.com and by HuffPost.
August 22, 2024: Moore publicly backed a United Auto Workers push to let a Palestinian American speaker address the Democratic National Convention, saying it was necessary to help end the war in Gaza, per his Substack post.
October 2024: Moore said then-Vice President Kamala Harris's repeated claims of being close to a Gaza ceasefire "rings hollow" given her "perceived silence and lack of action," and urged her to use U.S. leverage, including withholding military aid, to force a deal, according to HuffPost.
December 2024: Moore joined "From Ground Zero," a collection of short films by 22 Palestinian filmmakers in Gaza and the Palestinian submission for the Best International Feature Oscar, as executive producer. He called it a "cinematic miracle" and said it was "an honor to stand in solidarity" with the filmmakers, according to Variety and a PR Newswire release announcing the credit.
Where Michael Moore's stance comes from
Michael Moore is an American documentary filmmaker known for "Roger & Me," "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," and a longtime progressive political commentator based in Michigan. He was raised in a traditional Catholic household of Irish, Scottish, and English descent, and no documented Jewish ancestry or Jewish-identity connection turned up in reputable reporting on him.
Moore has no public record of visiting Israel, donating to Israeli causes, or appearing at pro-Israel events. Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, his public statements have run consistently in the other direction: he condemned the attack itself while placing primary blame for the subsequent death toll in Gaza on Netanyahu and on U.S. military support for Israel, pressed Democratic leaders including Biden and Harris to force a ceasefire and cut off arms, and lent his name and public platform to a Palestinian film project. No reporting found ties him formally to the BDS movement, meaning there is no record of a signed BDS pledge or an explicit boycott campaign from him, but his public statements and actions align closely with the pro-Palestinian, Israel-critical wing of the progressive movement.
The bottom line
Michael Moore is not a supporter of Israel's government or its Gaza campaign. He is one of Hollywood's more vocal critics of Netanyahu and of U.S. military aid to Israel, and he has taken the concrete step of executive-producing a Palestinian Oscar-entry film in solidarity with Gaza filmmakers, while stopping short of a formal BDS pledge.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
