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Does Google support Israel?

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Support documentedupdated 2026-09-26

Yes — Google has documented support for Israel on record, including $4,000,000 in donations. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Google is the principal operating subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.; this page records only what Google LLC and its Google Cloud division did, while the parent's own commitments — including Alphabet's $25 million five-year skills-development program in Israel — are documented on the Alphabet page. Google Cloud, not Alphabet, is the contracting party in Project Nimbus, which is why the contract and the Israeli Ministry of Defense business appear here. Google has publicly said the Nimbus work is aimed at civilian government ministries and 'is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services'; internal documents reported by Time, The Intercept and The Washington Post are cited above precisely because they complicate that description. The contract has drawn sustained protest from Google's own workers under the 'No Tech for Apartheid' campaign, with dozens fired after April 2024 sit-ins, and criticism from human-rights organizations. Google's October 2023 relief funding was deliberately split between Israeli and Palestinian recipients, and only the Israel-directed grant is recorded as evidence here.

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Timeline of documented support

200620092012201520182021202420272006 — Operations in Israel: Google R&D centers in Tel Aviv and HaifaOperations in Israel20062013-06 — Acquisition: Waze (Ra'anana, Israel)Acquisition2013-062019 — Operations in Israel: Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Israeli military — via the Google Play StoreOperations in Israel20192021 — Government contract: Government of Israel (Project Nimbus)Government contract20212022-10 — Investment / program: Google Cloud Israel (Tel Aviv) region, me-west1Investment / program2022-102023-10 — Donation: NATAL – Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center (plus Magen David Adom and ERAN via employee giving)Donation2023-102024-03 — Government contract: Israeli Ministry of DefenseGovernment contract2024-032024-07 — Government contract: CloudX (Israeli military-linked contractor), via Google CloudGovernment contract2024-072025-02 — Donation: Clear Sky (קליר סקיי – The Philanthropic Fund for Strengthening Mental Resilience in Israel), an Israeli public benefit companyDonation2025-022025-06 — Government contract: Israel Government Advertising Agency (international PR campaign)Government contract2025-062026-03 — Acquisition: Wiz, Inc. (Israeli-founded cloud security firm, New York HQ with Tel Aviv R&D)Acquisition2026-03

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Government contract2021—Government of Israel (Project Nimbus)
Google Cloud — the cloud division of Google LLC, not a separate Alphabet company — won the Israeli government's 'Project Nimbus' tender jointly with Amazon Web Services in 2021, a contract reported at roughly $1.2 billion across both vendors, to supply cloud infrastructure and AI services to Israeli government ministries and the defense establishment. Google's own cloud blog confirms that 'Google Cloud was selected by the Israeli government to provide cloud services to government ministries.' Reporting on the contract documents states the terms bar the vendors from cutting off or restricting Israel's access, including over terms-of-service violations. Contract documents reviewed by The Intercept show Nimbus also obligates Google to sell cloud services to Israeli state-owned weapons manufacturers Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries (including its Elta subsidiary).
Government contract2024-03-27—Israeli Ministry of Defense
Internal documents obtained by Time show the Israeli Ministry of Defense holds its own dedicated 'landing zone' into Google Cloud and, in a draft consulting contract dated 27 March 2024, sought Google's help expanding that access so 'multiple units' could use automation and AI services. Separate reporting on internal records describes Google staff processing a rise in Israeli military requests for Vertex AI and Gemini access in the weeks and months after 7 October 2023. This is Google Cloud commercial business with a defense customer, documented in company records, not a donation.
Government contract2024-07—CloudX (Israeli military-linked contractor), via Google Cloud
A federal whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by a former Google employee, reported in February 2026, alleges that in July 2024 Google Cloud received a customer-support request from an address matching an employee of CloudX — an Israeli tech firm partnered with the Israeli military — asking Google to make its Gemini AI more accurate at identifying drones, armored vehicles and soldiers in aerial/drone footage, and that Google Cloud staff ran internal tests in response. The complaint alleges this contradicted Google's public policy barring AI use for weapons or surveillance and misled investors and regulators; a Google spokesperson disputed any policy breach, saying the customer's usage was too limited to be 'meaningful.' This is Google Cloud commercial support to a defense-linked customer, documented via a securities complaint, not a donation.
Government contract2025-06$44,700,000Israel Government Advertising Agency (international PR campaign)
Google's DV360 ad-buying platform and Google-owned YouTube were contracted by Israel's Government Advertising Agency starting June 2025, under a tender exemption granted for 'operational and urgent needs,' to run an international digital-messaging campaign responding to global criticism of Israel's conduct in the Gaza war through December 2025, including videos from Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Foreign Ministry addressing allegations of starvation in Gaza. The Google-owned share of the wider NIS 174 million (~$51.8M) campaign — which also paid X and Outbrain/Teads — was NIS 150 million (~$44.7M): NIS 90 million (~$26.8M) for DV360 and NIS 60 million (~$17.9M) for YouTube. This is a paid advertising contract with the Israeli government, not a donation.
Operations in Israel2019—Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Israeli military — via the Google Play Store
Google Play has hosted 'al-Munasiq' ('The Coordinator'), an app operated by COGAT — the Israeli military unit running the occupied West Bank permit regime — since around 2019, letting Palestinians check permit status and submit permit requests. Researchers and reporting (Privacy International, Middle East Eye, 7amleh) say the app requires access to the phone's location, camera, stored files and notifications, which they document being used to track and profile Palestinian residents. This is Google Play distribution of a third-party Israeli military app, not a Google-built product or a donation.
Donation2023-10-16$3,000,000NATAL – Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center (plus Magen David Adom and ERAN via employee giving)
Google and Google.org announced more than $8 million in relief funding after 7 October 2023, explicitly split between organizations helping civilians in Israel and in Gaza. The Israel-directed portion recorded here is a $3 million Google.org grant to NATAL, Israel's trauma and resiliency center, for emergency response and psychological support; the package also included more than $1 million raised by Google employees with a company match (reaching Magen David Adom and ERAN on the Israeli side and the Palestine Red Crescent Society and UNICEF in Palestine) and $1 million in donated Search Ads. Corporate philanthropy plus employee giving — attributed accordingly, and not an Israel-only total.
Donation2025-02-24$1,000,000Clear Sky (קליר סקיי – The Philanthropic Fund for Strengthening Mental Resilience in Israel), an Israeli public benefit company
Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, announced on 24 February 2025 a donation of $1 million to Clear Sky, registered in Israel as a public benefit company (company number 516981719) and set up after 7 October 2023 to push mental-health technology into Israel's public mental-health system — virtual-reality exposure therapy, AI-assisted screening and remote-treatment platforms, delivered with resilience centres, hospitals and the Israel Innovation Authority. Google Israel's director of public policy and government relations said in the announcement that Google was proud to support putting such solutions into mental health care for the Israeli public, citing needs that have grown since 7 October; Clear Sky's chairman called the money a donation and "a significant step forward" for mental health in Israel. This is Google.org philanthropy rather than Google LLC commercial spending, and the recipient is a non-profit, not the Israeli state. Both Israeli reports give the figure in US dollars, while ice's headline loosely rendered it as "millions of shekels". All of the coverage traces to the single 24 February 2025 announcement rather than to independent reporting, and Clear Sky reproduces it on its own press page.
Investment / program2022-10-19—Google Cloud Israel (Tel Aviv) region, me-west1
Google Cloud opened its Israel (Tel Aviv) cloud region, me-west1, with three availability zones on 19 October 2022. Research commissioned by Google estimates the region will contribute a cumulative $7.6 billion to Israel's GDP and support the creation of 21,200 jobs by 2030. The region also hosts Israeli government workloads under the Nimbus framework. The dollar figure is a Google-commissioned economic projection, not a disclosed capital outlay.
Operations in Israel2006—Google R&D centers in Tel Aviv and Haifa
Google has operated engineering and R&D centers in Israel since 2006, today in Tel Aviv and Haifa with roughly 2,000 employees working on machine learning, search and AI; Google's own careers pages present the Israeli sites as the origin of products including Waze and Google Autocomplete features. Ongoing commercial operations and employment in Israel, not a donation.
Acquisition2013-06$1,150,000,000Waze (Ra'anana, Israel)
Google acquired the Israeli navigation app Waze for a reported $1.15 billion in June 2013 — at the time the largest sum paid for an Israeli consumer app company — and kept the team and its development work in Israel.
Acquisition2026-03-11$32,000,000,000Wiz, Inc. (Israeli-founded cloud security firm, New York HQ with Tel Aviv R&D)
Google completed its $32 billion all-cash acquisition of Wiz on 11 March 2026, the largest acquisition in the company's history, folding the cloud-security firm into Google Cloud. Wiz was founded by four Israeli entrepreneurs and keeps major R&D operations in Tel Aviv, though it is headquartered in New York; the payout went to the founders and investors, not to the Israeli state.
Donations total$4,000,000

Frequently asked questions

Did Google donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

Yes. Documented donations total $4,000,000, including $3,000,000 to NATAL – Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center (plus Magen David Adom and ERAN via employee giving). Each donation is listed on this page with its date and source.

How much has Google given?

Documented donations total $4,000,000. The largest single recorded item is $3,000,000 to NATAL – Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center (plus Magen David Adom and ERAN via employee giving) (2023-10-16).

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. 28 distinct sources are cited for Google. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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