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Does Google support Israel?
Yes — Google has documented support for Israel on record, including $3,000,000 in donations. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
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.
Time Al Jazeera Google Blog (official)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government contract | 2021 | — | 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. | |
| Government contract | 2024-03-27 | — | 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. | |
| Donation | 2023-10-16 | $3,000,000 | NATAL – 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. | |
| Investment / program | 2022-10-19 | — | 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 Israel | 2006 | — | 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. | |
| Acquisition | 2013-06 | $1,150,000,000 | Waze (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. | |
| Acquisition | 2026-03-11 | $32,000,000,000 | Wiz, 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 | $3,000,000 | |||
Frequently asked questions
Did Google donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
Yes. Documented donations total $3,000,000, 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 $3,000,000. 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. 17 distinct sources are cited for Google. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- Google Cloud Blog (official) cloud.google.com
- Time time.com
- Al Jazeera aljazeera.com
- The Intercept theintercept.com
- Time time.com
- Ynet News ynetnews.com
- The Defense Post thedefensepost.com
- Google Blog (official) blog.google
- CTech (Calcalist) calcalistech.com
- Data Center Dynamics datacenterdynamics.com
- Google Careers (official) google.com
- Ynet News ynetnews.com
- Startup Nation Finder finder.startupnationcentral.org
- TechCrunch techcrunch.com
- Forbes forbes.com
- TechCrunch techcrunch.com
- SecurityWeek securityweek.com