Short answer: No. Paul Pogba does not support Israel. He is a practicing Muslim who has repeatedly and publicly backed the Palestinian cause: raising a Palestine flag after a Manchester United match, posting in solidarity with Gaza during Israeli military operations, funding Ramadan food aid for Gaza, and, most recently, signing a November 2025 athlete letter urging UEFA to suspend Israel from European football. There is no record of him expressing support for Israel, visiting Israel, or partnering with any Israel-linked cause. As of August 2026, that record has not changed.
What Paul Pogba has actually said and done
- May 18, 2021: After Manchester United's final home league match of the season, during Israel's 11-day bombardment of Gaza that month, Pogba and teammate Amad Diallo were photographed on the pitch holding up a Palestinian flag handed to them by a fan, as reported by Al Jazeera.
- May 19, 2021: Israeli forward Eran Zahavi, then playing for PSV Eindhoven, digitally altered the photo of Pogba and Diallo, swapping the Palestinian flag for an Israeli one, and posted it with the caption "Thanks guys. We appreciate your support all over the world." The South China Morning Post and Al Jazeera both covered it as an act of trolling by Zahavi, not any real statement from Pogba.
- August 11, 2022: Following a three-day Israeli bombardment of Gaza that killed 48 Palestinians, including 17 children, Pogba posted images of the children killed to his Instagram story with the caption "May Allah protect the people of Gaza," according to Middle East Eye.
- March 9, 2025: During Ramadan, Pogba partnered with a charity to fund and distribute free hot meals to Palestinians in Gaza amid the wartime food crisis, per Middle East Monitor.
- November 11, 2025: Pogba was among more than 70 elite athletes, organized by advocacy groups Game Over Israel and Athletes 4 Peace, who signed and sent a letter to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin demanding UEFA suspend Israel from European football competitions. Middle East Eye covered the letter, alongside Al Jazeera.
- April 11, 2026: Now playing for AS Monaco after returning from a doping ban, Pogba made his first appearance of the calendar year as a substitute against Paris FC, before a thigh injury ended his season. Returning in pre-season, he said he remains committed to the club long-term, though his injury-hit debut season there means Monaco's CEO has said he could still leave, per Get French Football News. No Israel-related activity has surfaced from Pogba since the November 2025 UEFA letter through this reporting.
The context behind his record
Paul Pogba is a French World Cup-winning midfielder who has played for Juventus, Manchester United, and now AS Monaco. He is a practicing Muslim, not Jewish, and no source connects him to Jewish identity or heritage. His public record on Israel is consistent and one-directional: he has repeatedly aligned himself with the Palestinian cause around flashpoints in the Israel-Gaza conflict, from the May 2021 flag moment to the August 2022 Gaza post to the March 2025 Ramadan aid effort, and in November 2025 he took his most concrete institutional step by co-signing an athlete letter asking UEFA to suspend Israel from European competition. He has not made statements specifically attacking Israel as a state or people, and there is no record of a boycott refusal, an Israel visit, an Israel-linked donation, or any event appearance tied to Israel. Coverage of him leans heavily on Middle East-focused and pro-Palestinian outlets like Middle East Eye and Al Jazeera, alongside mainstream sports press like the South China Morning Post, and no denial or clarifying statement from Pogba disputing this characterization has been found.
The bottom line
Paul Pogba does not support Israel. His public record, most recently the November 2025 letter urging UEFA to suspend Israel from football, places him firmly and consistently in the pro-Palestinian camp, with no countervailing Israel-supportive statements, visits, or actions found through August 2026.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
