Sourced quotations and public statements from entertainment figures about Israel, Jewish identity and the October 7 attacks. These excerpts reflect each speaker’s words at the time; they do not imply endorsement of every Israeli government policy or affiliation with Bluetiful5708. Summaries are explicitly labeled.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“I’m heartbroken, angry, and sickened by the brutal murders and kidnapping of Jewish people through the horrific acts of the Hamas terrorist group.”
Instagram statement · October 2023
Jon Voight
“God’s power, along with the Israeli army, will end this destruction and the power of this evil.”
Video statement · October 11, 2023
Mayim Bialik, PhD
Documented statement — summary
Bialik signed an October 2023 entertainment-industry open letter condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for the release of hostages.
Public statement · October 12, 2023
Debra Messing
“I felt compelled to go and to bear witness so that I could come back and share their stories and not be called a liar.”
Interview about her visit to Israel · CNN, February 2025
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“When I became governor, Israel was the first country that I visited.”
Israeli Independence Day event · May 2011
Amy Schumer
Documented statement — summary
Schumer signed the October 2023 entertainment-industry open letter expressing support for Israel, condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for the release of hostages.
Public statement · October 12, 2023
Bono (U2)
“So sing with us… and those beautiful kids at that music festival.”
Concert tribute · Las Vegas, October 8, 2023
Spoken introduction, not song lyrics. Bono dedicated the performance to victims of the Nova festival attack.
Jerry Seinfeld
“I will always stand with Israel and the Jewish people. We survive and flourish no matter what.”
Instagram statement · October 2023
Reese Witherspoon
“As a mother, I’m having a hard time finding words to express my despair and outrage”
Instagram statement · October 2023
Excerpt from a statement condemning the murders and kidnappings of Jewish people in Israel.
Michael Rapaport
Documented statement — summary
Rapaport publicly expressed support for Israel after October 7 and subsequently visited the country, including communities affected by the attacks.
Documented public support · 2023
Noah Schnapp
“Choose humanity over violence.”
Instagram statement · October 2023
In January 2024, Schnapp clarified that he opposed the killing of innocent people and wanted safety for Israelis and Palestinians.
Julianna Margulies
“With every passing hour, the health and safety of each hostage becomes more tenuous.”
#ReleaseTheHostagesNow campaign · October 2023
Madonna
“My heart goes out to Israel.”
Instagram statement · October 2023
Her wider statement also acknowledged innocent Palestinians who did not support Hamas.
Helen Mirren
“I believe in Israel because of the Holocaust.”
Channel 12 interview promoting Golda · August 2023
Gene Simmons
Documented statement — summary
Simmons returned to Israel in 2011 and publicly opposed cultural boycotts of the country.
AP interview · March 2011
Liev Schreiber
Documented statement — summary
Schreiber signed the entertainment-industry open letter condemning Hamas’s October 7 attacks and calling for the release of hostages.
Open letter · October 12, 2023
Michael Douglas
Documented statement — summary
Douglas visited Kibbutz Be’eri and met Israeli President Isaac Herzog during a solidarity visit in June 2024.
Solidarity visit · June 2024
Frank Sinatra
Documented statement — summary
Sinatra performed benefit concerts in Israel and helped fund a youth center in Nazareth and a student center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Historical support and philanthropy
Elizabeth Taylor
Documented statement — summary
Taylor publicly supported Israel through Israel Bonds fundraising and visited the country on a 1982 Middle East peace mission.
Historical support and public engagement
Sharon Osbourne
Documented statement — summary
Osbourne signed the entertainment-industry open letter condemning Hamas’s attacks and expressing support for Israel.
Open letter · October 12, 2023
Paul Newman
Documented statement — summary
Newman portrayed Ari Ben Canaan in Exodus (1960). His humanitarian legacy also included support for a camp serving seriously ill children in Israel.
Film and humanitarian work
Barbra Streisand
Documented statement — summary
Streisand established the Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in memory of her father.
Education and cultural philanthropy
Chris Pine
Documented statement — summary
Pine signed the entertainment-industry open letter condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for the release of hostages. This was a collective statement, rather than an independently verified personal quotation.
Open letter · October 12, 2023
Kirk Douglas
Documented statement — summary
Kirk and Anne Douglas supported public spaces in Jerusalem, including the Douglas Garden in Talpiot, established by the Jerusalem Foundation in 1994.
Historical philanthropy
Sammy Davis Jr.
“Israel, the mother country of my spirit and my religion.”
Remarks during a visit to Israel · 1969
David Schwimmer
Documented statement — summary
Schwimmer publicly condemned Hamas’s October 7 attacks and later called for support for survivors of sexual violence.
Public statements · 2023
Scooter Braun
Documented statement — summary
Braun traveled to Israel after October 7 to meet hostage families and visit sites of the attacks.
Solidarity visits and survivor advocacy · 2023–2024
Jon Lovitz
Documented statement — summary
Lovitz has publicly supported Israel and spoken about Jewish identity and his personal connection to the country.
Interview and public advocacy
Mariska Hargitay
Documented statement — summary
Hargitay joined calls for investigation and justice for Israeli victims and survivors of sexual violence following October 7.
Advocacy · December 2023
Josh Gad
Documented statement — summary
Gad expressed sympathy for victims of the October 7 attacks and publicly discussed the hostile responses he received.
Public statements · October 2023
Sarah Silverman
Documented statement — summary
Silverman publicly discussed the October 7 attacks and the Israel–Hamas war on her podcast. Her comments and subsequent explanations should be read in their full context.
Podcast and public statements · October 2023
Simon Cowell
Documented statement — summary
Cowell attended a Friends of the Israel Defense Forces fundraiser in Los Angeles in 2013 and donated $150,000 for soldiers’ welfare.
Fundraising · October 2013
Chelsea Handler
Documented statement — summary
Handler participated in the #ReleaseTheHostagesNow campaign, which drew attention to civilians held hostage in Gaza.
Collective campaign · October 2023
Idina Menzel
Documented statement — summary
Menzel performed a musical tribute at AMIT’s Evening of Solidarity with the Children of Israel in New York.
Benefit event · November 20, 2023
Jeff Goldblum
Documented statement — summary
Goldblum signed the No Hostage Left Behind letter thanking President Biden for efforts to secure hostage releases and urging the return of those still captive.
Collective letter · October 2023
Gwyneth Paltrow
Documented statement — summary
Paltrow expressed sympathy for families after the deaths of six Israeli hostages and called attention to people still held captive.
Public statements · September 2024
Ashton Kutcher
Documented statement — summary
Kutcher visited Israel and engaged with its technology sector, including a 2013 gathering with Israeli entrepreneurs. This documents a business connection rather than the supplied political quotation.
Technology and business ties · May 2013
Natalie Portman
Documented statement — summary
Portman expressed grief for the people of Israel after October 7 and organized fundraising for children displaced from communities near Gaza.
Public statements and relief efforts · October 2023
Fran Drescher
Documented statement — summary
During Drescher’s presidency, SAG-AFTRA issued a statement condemning the October 7 attacks. The union statement is institutional; it is not the personal quotation supplied for this page.
Institutional statement · October 13, 2023
Tiffany Haddish
Documented statement — summary
Haddish visited Israel in February 2024, describing the trip as educational and visiting Hostage Square.
Visit · February 2024
Henry Winkler
Documented statement — summary
Winkler signed the No Hostage Left Behind letter urging the release of people held by Hamas.
Collective letter · October 2023
Jamie Lee Curtis
Documented statement — summary
Curtis signed the entertainment-industry open letter condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for hostages to be returned.
Collective letter · October 12, 2023
Brett Gelman
Documented statement — summary
Gelman made solidarity visits to Israel after October 7, including a visit with injured survivors at a rehabilitation hospital.
Solidarity visit · December 2023
Regina Spektor
Documented statement — summary
Spektor publicly discussed her response to the October 7 attacks and her concern for the hostages in a November 2023 interview.
Interview · November 2023
Howie Mandel
Documented statement — summary
Mandel signed the entertainment-industry open letter condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for the release of hostages.
Collective letter · October 12, 2023
Yael Grobglas
Documented statement — summary
Grobglas publicly expressed distress about the attacks in her home country in October 2023.
Public statement · October 2023
Lior Raz
Documented statement — summary
Raz joined volunteers in Sderot to help rescue families during the October 2023 attacks.
Civilian rescue efforts · October 2023
Zoe Saldana
Documented statement — summary
Saldana signed the No Hostage Left Behind letter urging the return of people held captive by Hamas.
Collective letter · October 2023
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Documented statement — summary
Chriqui publicly expressed support for Israel after October 7 and signed the entertainment-industry letter condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for the return of hostages.
Public advocacy · October 2023
Patricia Heaton
Documented statement — summary
Heaton co-founded the October 7 Coalition to mobilize Christian support for Jewish communities and combat antisemitism.
Community advocacy
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“I stand with Israel against the Hamas terrorists.”
Instagram statement · October 2023
LeBron James & Maverick Carter
“The devastation in Israel is tragic and unacceptable.”
Joint SpringHill Company statement · October 2023
Kim Kardashian
Documented statement — summary
Kardashian expressed sympathy for Jewish friends and families while mourning civilian suffering in Israel, Palestine and Armenia.
Public statement · October 2023
Johnny Cash
Documented statement — summary
Cash’s religious connection to Israel included filming Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus on location there. This documents cultural and spiritual engagement rather than the supplied quotation.
Film and spiritual connection · 1973 release
Sylvester Stallone
Documented statement — summary
Stallone signed a 2014 entertainment-industry letter condemning Hamas and expressing sorrow for the loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives.
Collective letter · August 2014
Laura Dern
Documented statement — summary
Dern signed the No Hostage Left Behind letter urging continued efforts to secure the return of people held captive by Hamas.
Collective letter · October 2023
Jon Bon Jovi
“This is a place that I’ve always wanted to come to”
Tel Aviv visit · October 2015
P!nk
Documented statement — summary
Asked that Jewish concertgoers’ fears be heard, while defending other artists’ freedom to speak and expressing concern for Jews, Muslims, Palestinians and Israelis.
Public statement · September 2026
David Beckham
“I’m part of the community, which I’m proud of.”
Discussing his Jewish family heritage at St John’s Wood Synagogue · July 2023; a statement about identity, rather than Israeli policy.
Boy George
Documented statement — summary
Signed the collective letter opposing Israel’s exclusion from Eurovision 2024.
Creative Community for Peace · February 14, 2024
David Draiman
Documented statement — summary
Condemned the October 7 attacks and the justification of violence against Jews in Israel and elsewhere.
Video statement · October 10, 2023
Mehmet Oz, MD
“Israel is a vital American ally and a vibrant democracy in the world’s most troubled region.”
Senate campaign policy paper · March 2022
Jessica Seinfeld
Documented statement — summary
Distinguished Jewish people from the Israeli government, defended Jews’ safety and called for freedom for innocent Palestinians in Gaza.
Instagram statement · October–November 2023
Adam Sandler
Documented statement — summary
Expressed grief for victims of the attacks on Israel and prayed for the safety of innocent Israelis and Palestinians.
Instagram statement · October 2023
Tom Brady
Documented statement — summary
Condemned Hamas’s attacks on Israeli civilians and mourned innocent lives lost in both Israel and Gaza.
Public statement · October 12, 2023
Paula Abdul
“the most magnificent trip I’ve ever taken … magical and emotional.”
Reflecting on her visit to Israel · November 2013
Steven Spielberg
“I never imagined I would see such unspeakable barbarity against Jews in my lifetime.”
USC Shoah Foundation announcement on recording October 7 survivor testimony · December 1, 2023
Jerry O’Connell
“time for me to show up for my Jewish friends.”
ADL remarks discussed in an interview · June 6, 2026
Howard Stern
Documented statement — summary
Defended Israel on his radio show during the 2014 Gaza war and urged other entertainers to speak publicly.
Radio commentary · July 2014
Scarlett Johansson
Documented statement — summary
Defended her SodaStream endorsement, describing the company as supporting Israeli–Palestinian cooperation.
SodaStream statement · January 2014
Bill Maher
Documented statement — summary
Praised President Biden’s visit to Israel following the October 7 attacks.
Real Time commentary · October 20, 2023
Selma Blair
Documented statement — summary
Signed an entertainment-industry statement calling for balanced discussion of the conflict and opposing misinformation.
Creative Community for Peace · May 14, 2021
Selena Gomez
Documented statement — summary
Condemned violence and expressed concern for people affected by the conflict. Her remarks expressed humanitarian concern without declaring a political alignment.
Instagram statement · October 30, 2023
Julian Edelman
“It was an unbelievable, once-in-a-lifetime kind of deal, and something I enjoyed.”
Reflecting on his 2015 visit to Israel · August 2015
Enes Kanter Freedom
“The most beautiful place for that right now is Israel.”
Discussing interfaith coexistence at his Jerusalem basketball camp · August 1, 2022
Amar’e Stoudemire
“I feel like I can be myself here in Israel.”
On living and playing basketball in Jerusalem · October 2016
Deni Avdija
“while I’m here playing ball, my thoughts are constantly pulled back to Israel.”
Instagram statement following the October 7 attacks · October 2023
Daniel Peretz
“In the face of the absolute evil that confronts us, Israel is a beacon of strength, power and hope.”
Instagram statement · October 2023
Haim Saban
“we in the Hollywood community and around the world must stand with Israel as it defends itself”
Excerpt from comments accompanying the CCFP open letter · October 12, 2023
Ashley Tisdale
Documented statement — summary
Tisdale shared social-media posts expressing support for Israel following the October 7 attacks.
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Documented statement — summary
Oberman signed the October 2023 Creative Community for Peace open letter expressing solidarity with Israel, condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for the release of hostages.
Phil Rosenthal
Documented statement — summary
Rosenthal signed the October 2023 Creative Community for Peace open letter supporting Israel, condemning Hamas’s attacks and calling for the release of hostages.
Sacha Baron Cohen
Documented statement — summary
Sacha signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Jack Black
Documented statement — summary
Jack signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Rosie O’Donnell
Documented statement — summary
Rosie signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Bob Odenkirk
Documented statement — summary
Bob signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Eugene Levy
Documented statement — summary
Eugene signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
James Corden
Documented statement — summary
James signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Sharon Stone
Documented statement — summary
Sharon signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Jon Hamm
Documented statement — summary
Jon signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Will Ferrell
Documented statement — summary
Will signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Brooke Shields
Documented statement — summary
Brooke signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Tyler Perry
Documented statement — summary
Tyler signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Montana Tucker
Documented statement — summary
Tucker has publicly advocated for Israel and raised awareness of the October 7 attacks and hostages.
Bella Thorne
Documented statement — summary
Thorne signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Dustin Hoffman
Documented statement — summary
Hoffman participated in Letters, Light and Love, celebrating Jewish ties to Israel at UCLA on October 19, 2026.
Mila Kunis
Documented statement — summary
Kunis signed a 2021 open letter opposing the cultural boycott of Israel.
Jay Leno
Documented statement — summary
Leno described himself as “very pro-Jewish, very pro-Israeli” ahead of hosting the 2014 Genesis Prize ceremony.
Greg Berlanti
Documented statement — summary
Berlanti signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Ryan Murphy
Documented statement — summary
Murphy signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
William Shatner
Documented statement — summary
Shatner discussed his spiritual connection to Jerusalem and Israel during a 1995 visit.
Andy Cohen
Documented statement — summary
Cohen expressed solidarity with Israel after October 7.
Mindy Kaling
Documented statement — summary
Kaling expressed solidarity with Israel after October 7.
Meghan McCain
Documented statement — summary
McCain publicly advocated support for Israel after October 7 and called on Arizona State University to condemn the attacks.
Guy Oseary
Documented statement — summary
Oseary posted a public statement supporting Israel following the October 7 attacks.
Leah McSweeney
Documented statement — summary
McSweeney attended a pro-Israel rally and publicly defended Israel’s right to defend itself in October 2023.
Antoine Fuqua
Documented statement — summary
Fuqua signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Zooey Deschanel
Documented statement — summary
Deschanel participated in the October 2023 ReleaseTheHostagesNow campaign drawing attention to civilians held in Gaza.
Josh Charles
Documented statement — summary
Charles signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Connie Britton
Documented statement — summary
Britton signed a September 2024 letter urging hostage releases and continued US support for Israel.
George Lopez
Documented statement — summary
Lopez signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Rachel Zoe
Documented statement — summary
Zoe expressed support for Israel on Instagram in October 2023, including the hashtag #istandwithisrael.
Ginnifer Goodwin
Documented statement — summary
Goodwin participated in AJC’s Voices Against Antisemitism campaign, addressing antisemitism and the importance of Israel’s safety.
Matisyahu
Documented statement — summary
Matisyahu publicly discussed his support for Israel and opposition to antisemitism in a March 2024 AJC interview.
Karlie Kloss
Documented statement — summary
Kloss signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Irving Azoff
Documented statement — summary
Azoff signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Ynon Kreiz
Documented statement — summary
Kreiz signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Jon Bernthal
Documented statement — summary
Bernthal shared an image of October 7 victim Shani Louk on social media.
Ron Perlman
Documented statement — summary
Perlman posted a Star of David bearing the words “I stand with Israel” on Instagram.
Isla Fisher
Documented statement — summary
Fisher shared photographs of Israeli hostages and condemned the deliberate killing and kidnapping of civilians.
J.K. Rowling
Documented statement — summary
Rowling condemned the kidnapping of children and called for the release of captives in October 2023.
Aubrey Plaza
Documented statement — summary
Plaza signed the October 2023 No Hostage Left Behind letter calling for hostage releases.
Andy Garcia
Documented statement — summary
Garcia signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Eli Roth
Documented statement — summary
Roth signed the October 2023 CCFP letter supporting Israel and condemning Hamas’s attacks.
Gerard Butler
Documented statement — summary
Butler attended the 2017 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala supporting soldiers’ welfare.
Katharine McPhee
Documented statement — summary
McPhee attended the 2017 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala supporting soldiers’ welfare.
Cindy Crawford
Documented statement — summary
Crawford publicly expressed sympathy for Israeli hostage families and visited the Nova exhibition in Los Angeles.
Ben Stiller
Documented statement — summary
In a June 2024 essay, Stiller supported Israelis’ right to peace and safety, Palestinian statehood and humanitarian relief.
Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil)
Documented statement — summary
McGraw publicly defended Israel, condemned Hamas’s attacks and discussed his solidarity visits to Israel.
Michael Pierce
“Israel Collective has been a life-changing thing for me.”
Explaining his Israel Collective cleats · December 11, 2018
Pierce supported Israel Collective through the NFL’s My Cause, My Cleats initiative following a visit to Israel.
Dean Kremer
“I still want to pitch, but, I mean, it’s going to be in the back of my head.”
Discussing concern for Israel ahead of his MLB playoff start · October 2023
Kremer was discussing the attacks on Israel and concern for family there.
Manor Solomon
“We are proud to wear the team shirt and to be Israelis.”
After the Israel–Republic of Ireland Nations League match · September 2026
Solomon expressed pride in representing Israel following a politically charged international match.
Jake Retzlaff
“To be here in Israel where I get to feel so at home with a sense of well-being and spirituality and holiness around me, it’s just an unbelievable feeling that you can’t replace.”
Testimonial published by Athletes for Israel
Eddy Curry
“[the trip was]… the most incredible journey I have ever taken…what I didn’t know was that I’d not only experience a misrepresented country but that I’d also feel love, compassion, understanding, and wisdom in a way that I haven’t experienced before.”
Testimonial published by Athletes for Israel
