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Does Clinique support Israel?

Support documentedupdated 2026-07-30

Yes — Clinique has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.

Filed under: Beauty & cosmetics brands · Companies that support Israel

Background

Clinique sits at the centre of the oldest boycott story in the beauty industry, and the reason is a person rather than the brand. Ronald S. Lauder — son of the founders of The Estée Lauder Companies — was chairman of Clinique Laboratories when a boycott call went out against the group in 2001, as Snopes documented; his pro-Israel activity is personal and funded from private wealth. He has been president of the World Jewish Congress since 2007, previously chaired the Jewish National Fund, launched a $25 million Anti-Semitism Accountability Project in 2019, and after October 7, 2023 made strongly pro-Israel statements and withdrew personal donations from the University of Pennsylvania. None of that is a Clinique corporate act. At brand and corporate level, what is documented is commercial: a Hebrew Clinique store for Israel, an Israeli affiliate, and a business large enough that ELC cited 'risks of business disruption in Israel and other parts of the Middle East' when it cut its fiscal 2024 outlook after October 2023. The corporation itself issued no prominent public statement after the attacks — WWD listed it among the major beauty groups that stayed silent — it has no political action committee, and a review of the roughly 230 grants a year disclosed by the Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation found no Israel-linked grantees. This pass found no Clinique donation, in-kind aid or sponsorship to Israeli military, government or relief causes.

Snopes — Estee Lauder boycott fact check (Ronald Lauder, then chairman of Clinique Laboratories) SEC — ELC FY2024 Q1 earnings exhibit citing Israel business-disruption risk WWD (via Yahoo) — Beauty's muted response to the Hamas attacks ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — Estee Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel2026—Israeli market — Estée Lauder Companies Israel and the local licensee Elkalil Ltd.
Clinique operates a full Hebrew-language online store for Israel at clinique.co.il, with an Israeli service telephone number (+972-3-7770888), the Estée Lauder Companies customer-service address elconline@estee.com, dedicated Israeli social channels (facebook.com/clinique.israel, instagram.com/Cliniqueisrael) and the footer copyright of Clinique Laboratories, LLC. Marketing consent on the site is given to the Israeli company Elkalil Ltd. (אלקליל בע"מ) for the Clinique brand, which is the local entity behind the operation. The brand's owner, The Estée Lauder Companies, sells in Israel through its longstanding affiliate Estée Lauder Companies Israel and recruits staff there under a dedicated Israel recruitment policy; ELC's significant-subsidiaries exhibit does not list an Israeli entity, so the affiliate sits below the SEC significance threshold. This is a marketing and retail structure, not a donation.

Frequently asked questions

Did Clinique donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but Clinique has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel). See the records on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 8 distinct sources are cited for Clinique. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-07-30

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