Short answer: As of August 2026, Simone Biles has never made a personal, direct public statement endorsing or criticizing Israel or the Israel/Palestine conflict. Her connection to Israel is indirect: she competed to an Israeli pop song, and she did a motivational video call with young Israeli gymnasts after the October 7, 2023 war began. Her longtime coach, not Biles herself, posted an "I stand with Israel" show of support. She has no Jewish heritage connection; her family background is African-American, with some Hispanic and Indigenous ancestry reported, not Jewish.
What Simone Biles has actually said and done
August 5, 2023: Biles returned to competition at the Core Hydration U.S. Classic in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, her first competitive meet since the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, using Israeli singer Noa Kirel's Eurovision 2023 song "Unicorn" as her new floor-exercise music. Kirel's entry had placed third for Israel at Eurovision that year, according to The Times of Israel.
August 16, 2023: Noa Kirel publicly thanked Biles for the choice, saying she was "excited and shocked" and that Biles "represents exactly the values that this song represents." That is Kirel's reaction, not a statement from Biles about Israel itself, as reported by ESCXTRA and Ynetnews.
October 2023: Around early-to-mid October, shortly after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Biles's coach Cecile Landi posted a blue-and-white "I stand with Israel" badge to her own Instagram Stories. This was Landi's personal statement; reporting from EssentiallySports contains no comparable statement from Biles herself, and the exact day within October could not be pinned down further.
November 2023: The Israel Gymnastics Federation announced that Biles had agreed to hold a motivational video call with Israeli national-team gymnasts, both youth and senior squads, in the wake of the war, addressing the group and taking their questions ahead of the Olympic year. This was an outreach gesture organized by the Israeli federation rather than a political statement from Biles, per Ynetnews.
What this does and doesn't tell us
The public record shows no instance of Simone Biles personally addressing Israel, the Israel/Palestine conflict, October 7, or the war in Gaza, in her own words, in any interview, social post, or press statement found in this research. Everything tying her name to Israel is either a professional or artistic choice, her use of Noa Kirel's "Unicorn" for her 2023 comeback routine, or actions by people around her: her coach Cecile Landi's personal "I stand with Israel" post, and the Israel Gymnastics Federation's own initiative to arrange a call with young Israeli gymnasts.
Biles accepted that call, a warm, apolitical gesture toward young Israeli athletes, but no reporting quotes her making any statement about the conflict during it. Biles has no Jewish ancestry on record; her family background, per biographical sources, is African-American, with reported Hispanic and Indigenous roots, not Jewish. No boycott, refusal, or donation activity tied to Israel was found in reputable reporting.
The bottom line
Simone Biles has not personally declared a position on Israel. The record shows warm, apolitical gestures toward Israel and Israelis, the Kirel song and the call with Israeli gymnasts, plus one supportive post from her coach, but no direct quote or endorsement from Biles herself, and no Jewish-identity tie.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
