Short answer: As of July 2026, Rosalía has not expressed support for Israel and has not visited the country or performed there. She has instead voiced sympathy for Palestinians, made a surprise appearance at a Barcelona benefit concert for Gaza and West Bank cultural rebuilding in January 2026, and issued a carefully worded 2025 statement condemning "what's happening in Palestine" after a Spanish fashion designer publicly refused to work with her over her prior silence. Separately, and without political framing, she sang a Hebrew-language verse inspired by the biblical Miriam on her 2025 album "Lux."
What Rosalia has actually said and done
- October 2023: Rosalía posted an Instagram Story raising awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Billboard later described it as an early, low-key gesture rather than a direct statement on Israel.
- July 27, 2025: Mallorcan fashion designer Miguel Adrover publicly refused to design a bespoke outfit for Rosalía, citing her "complicit silence" on Palestine, according to Israel Hayom and JFeed. His team said he does not work with artists who do not publicly support Palestine.
- July 30, 2025: Rosalía responded on Instagram, writing, "The fact that I haven't used my platform in a way that fits other people's expectations doesn't mean I don't condemn what's happening in Palestine." JFeed and Ara.cat both noted that critics observed she avoided the words "Israel," "occupation," or "genocide."
- 2025 album release: Rosalía's fourth studio album, "Lux," came out featuring vocals in 13 languages, including a Hebrew-language passage on the track "Novia Robot" inspired by the biblical figure Miriam. Times of Israel and Kveller frame this as an artistic and spiritual choice, not political commentary on Israel.
- January 29, 2026: Rosalía made a surprise, unannounced appearance at a Palestine solidarity benefit concert at Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi, part of the "Act x Palestine" campaign, performing a song from "Lux" before roughly 18,000 attendees. Proceeds went to rebuilding cultural projects in Gaza and the West Bank, according to Catalan News and Stereogum.
- Through July 2026: No record exists of Rosalía ever performing in, visiting, or publicly praising Israel. Per Moment Magazine, she is Catholic (born Rosalia Vila Tobella), not Jewish, and has no documented Jewish ancestry.
Jewish identity, the Hebrew verse, and what it does not mean
Rosalía was raised Catholic and has no reported Jewish heritage. Her decision to sing a Hebrew-language passage inspired by the biblical Miriam on "Lux" reflects the album's broader, wide-ranging interest in spiritual and multilingual themes: the same record also draws on Catholic, Islamic, and other religious imagery across its 13 languages. It is a devotional and artistic gesture, not a statement about Israel, and it should not be read as one. Her documented public engagement with the Israel-Palestine conflict runs the other direction: after months of criticism for staying quiet, she issued a cautious statement of sympathy for Palestinians in July 2025 without naming Israel directly, then lent her presence to a high-visibility Barcelona benefit for Palestinian cultural rebuilding in January 2026.
The bottom line
Rosalía does not support Israel in any documented public way: she has no ties, visits, or performances there, and her only clear political gestures on the conflict, a 2025 statement and a January 2026 Barcelona benefit appearance, were pro-Palestinian in orientation and made under public pressure. Her use of Hebrew on "Lux" is a religious and artistic choice, not a signal of support for Israel, and the two should not be conflated.
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Last updated July 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
