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Does JFrog support Israel?

JFrog Ltd.

Support documentedupdated 2026-09-26

Yes — JFrog has documented support for Israel on record, including $1,500,000 in donations. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

JFrog appears in boycott discussions because it is an Israeli company, not because of rumors: it was founded in Israel in 2008, remains incorporated under Israeli law, is co-headquartered in Netanya alongside Sunnyvale, and keeps more than half its workforce and most of its R&D in Israel — all stated in its SEC annual reports. Its wartime record is documented by Israeli and US press: a board-approved $1.5 million corporate donation to rebuild a Gaza-border community, the CEO's relocation to Israel to lead in person, and support for employees drafted to reserve duty. No corporate cash donation to the Israeli military itself is documented; the giving went to civilian community rebuilding, the company's own workforce and, by the company's own account, computers for the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. Hebrew-language material adds more, but the August 2026 items come from Calcalist's paid 'Projects' channel — sponsored content supplied by the company, not independent reporting. By that account the IDF's Chief Reserves Officer named JFrog one of 22 winners of the Defence Minister's Shield in August 2026 for its support of employees on reserve duty, dozens of computers were donated for the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, and the giving under its start-of-war rebuilding project came to more than NIS 5 million; no independent report of the award was found, and treating that shekel figure as the same money as the $1.5 million already recorded is our inference rather than anything the sources say. Its Israeli purchases are commerce rather than support, and they are large: $299.3 million for the security startup Vdoo in 2021 and $177.5 million for the MLOps startup Qwak in 2024.

JFrog Ltd. Form 10-K FY2025 (SEC) Calcalist (CTech) NBC Bay Area Geektime — JFrog to invest $1.5m in rebuilding a Gaza-envelope community (Hebrew) Calcalist (Projects channel, sponsored content bylined 'Corporate') — 'Ot Magen HaMilu'im' awarded to JFrog (Hebrew) Calcalist (Projects channel, sponsored content bylined 'Scale Up Nation') — the JFrog story (Hebrew)

Timeline of documented support

20082011201420172020202320262008 — Operations in Israel: State of Israel (co-headquarters, employment, taxes, tech ecosystem)Operations in Israel20082021-07 — Acquisition: Vdoo Connected Trust Ltd. (Israeli product-security startup) and its shareholdersAcquisition2021-072023-10 — Donation: Gaza-border ('Gaza envelope') community rebuildingDonation2023-102023-10 — Employee support: JFrog's Israeli employees, reservists' families, soldiers and border-area villagesEmployee support2023-102024-07 — Acquisition: Qwak AI Ltd. (Israeli MLOps startup) and its shareholdersAcquisition2024-072026-08 — In-kind support: Rehabilitation of wounded IDF soldiers; training for reservists and victims of terrorIn-kind support2026-082026-08 — Employee support: JFrog employees serving in IDF reserve duty, and their familiesEmployee support2026-082026-08 — Public statement: Public statement (State of Israel, IDF reservists and their families)Public statement2026-08

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel2008—State of Israel (co-headquarters, employment, taxes, tech ecosystem)
Israeli company by origin and law: incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel on April 28, 2008 (founded by Shlomi Ben Haim, Yoav Landman and Fred Simon), co-headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Netanya, Israel, with its registered office at 3 HaMachshev Street, Netanya. Per its FY2025 10-K, about 950 of its roughly 1,800 employees are located in Israel and R&D is conducted primarily in its Israel and India offices. Listed on Nasdaq since September 2020.
Donation2023-10$1,500,000Gaza-border ('Gaza envelope') community rebuilding
In the weeks after October 7, 2023, CEO Shlomi Ben Haim secured JFrog board approval for a $1.5 million donation to rebuild one of the kibbutzim or towns near the Gaza border, appointing a dedicated implementation team (CPA, lawyer, and VP of HR and operations); he argued private help was needed alongside government efforts for the more than 60,000 displaced Israelis. Ben Haim later referred publicly to 'JFrog's contribution to rebuilding the Gaza envelope region.' Attributed to the corporation (board-approved), announced and driven by the CEO. Israeli tech press reported the same allocation on October 12, 2023: JFrog said it had set up a professional body to rebuild one of the communities destroyed in the Hamas attack, had allocated about $1.5 million from its budget so far for renovation and rebuilding in one of them, and would pass the money straight to the chosen community's representatives without bureaucratic delay, with the initiative advanced with the board's full support. In its own account published in August 2026 as sponsored content in Calcalist's paid 'Projects' channel, the company named the project 'Tzav HaSha'ah' (Order of the Hour), said it is involved in the establishment of 'Nativ HaTikva', a memorial site for those murdered on October 7, 2023, chosen as the place where the 'Garden of the Twenty' was planted, and said the community's swimming pool and the community centre beside it were being rebuilt.
Employee support2023-10—JFrog's Israeli employees, reservists' families, soldiers and border-area villages
CEO Shlomi Ben Haim flew from California to Israel on October 9, 2023 ('I needed to be there with our employees') and stayed to lead in person. The company supported families of the tens of employees drafted to IDF reserve duty, provided virtual mental-health services and support groups, and closed its Tel Aviv office for remote work under missile threat; employees — distinct from the corporation — volunteered preparing packages for soldiers and supporting villages in the south.
Employee support2026-08-26—JFrog employees serving in IDF reserve duty, and their families
On August 26, 2026 the IDF's Chief Reserves Officer published the list of winners of the Defence Minister's Shield ('Ot Magen HaMilu'im'), awarded each year to employers and academic institutions for sustained and exceptional work for reserve soldiers and their families; the Defence Ministry's call for nominations drew more than 1,000 recommendations from reservists and their partners, and the prize committee chose JFrog as one of 22 recipients. By the company's own account the measures recognised were continuity of employment and full pay for employees on reserve duty, flexible working with workloads shifted between teams in Israel and abroad, professional psychological support throughout the service period, continuous contact with those serving and their families, and trainings and visits hosted for reservists returning to the job market. A second Calcalist item adds that in 2025, at the five-year anniversary of its Nasdaq listing, JFrog flew its reservist employees to New York to open trading. The same August 2026 account puts the sum donated under the company's start-of-war 'Tzav HaSha'ah' project at more than NIS 5 million; neither source says whether that is the same money as the roughly $1.5 million allocation recorded above, and reading it as the shekel measure of that one project rather than a further donation is our inference, not something either source states. Both sources for this row are company-originated sponsored content in Calcalist's paid 'Projects' channel — the award report bylined 'Corporate', the other item a podcast interview bylined to the Scale Up Nation podcast — so the row rests on the company's own account alone; no independent report of the award was found.
In-kind support2026-08—Rehabilitation of wounded IDF soldiers; training for reservists and victims of terror
In the same August 2026 account the company said it had donated dozens of computers for the rehabilitation of wounded IDF soldiers and for the training of reservists and victims of terror, and that it regularly hosts trainings and visits for reservists to help them back into the labour market. The source does not date the donation, listing it among the things the company has done since the war began on October 7, 2023, so the date shown is the date of disclosure. Single-sourced, and the source is the company's own account, published as sponsored content bylined 'Corporate' in Calcalist's paid 'Projects' channel, not independent reporting.
One source
Public statement2026-08-26—Public statement (State of Israel, IDF reservists and their families)
Founder and chief executive Shlomi Ben Haim, in the company's own August 2026 account: although JFrog is a global technology company, 'our roots and our heart are planted deep in Israeli soil'. He said that on the morning of October 7, 2023 the company, with all its offices and thousands of employees around the world, became Israeli above anything else; that he is proud of its employees and managers in Israel and abroad, of every religion and nationality, who supported Israel's soldiers and their families through the three years since; and that they stand behind the declaration 'the people of Israel live'. A second Calcalist item — a podcast interview with Ben Haim, published as sponsored content bylined to the Scale Up Nation podcast in the same paid 'Projects' channel — records an earlier public act: at its Nasdaq listing in September 2020 the company insisted on Israeli flags beside the podium, the approval reaching it from the Nasdaq president moments before the opening bell. Both sources for this row are company-originated sponsored content, so the statement and that earlier episode rest on the company's own account alone.
Acquisition2021-07-19$299,300,000Vdoo Connected Trust Ltd. (Israeli product-security startup) and its shareholders
JFrog announced on June 29, 2021 that it had signed a definitive agreement to buy Vdoo Connected Trust Ltd., an Israeli product-security startup founded in 2017 with about 90 employees, in a cash-and-share deal of approximately $300 million, and it completed the purchase on July 19, 2021. Its Q3 2021 quarterly report puts the total purchase consideration at $299.3 million — $217.5 million in cash and $81.8 million for 1,823,266 JFrog ordinary shares — with a further $13.2 million in cash and 110,932 shares held back for Vdoo employees, up to $10.0 million in retention bonuses and about $30.0 million of restricted share units, all conditional on continued employment and booked as compensation rather than purchase price. The announcement said the integration would triple JFrog's security team, with staff in Israel, Germany, Japan and North America. This is commerce, not a donation.
Acquisition2024-07-09$177,481,000Qwak AI Ltd. (Israeli MLOps startup) and its shareholders
JFrog announced on June 25, 2024 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Qwak AI Ltd., an Israeli MLOps startup founded in 2021, and it completed the purchase of all of Qwak's outstanding shares on July 9, 2024. Its quarterly report puts the purchase consideration at $177.5 million — $163.7 million in cash, $13.4 million for 377,181 JFrog ordinary shares and $0.4 million of replacement share units — alongside a holdback for Qwak employees of $17.0 million in cash and 754,360 shares with a fair value of $26.8 million, plus about $2.2 million in retention bonuses, all conditional on continued employment and booked as compensation rather than purchase price. Israeli tech press reported the deal at about $230 million, a figure that includes those employee amounts. Qwak's staff in Israel and the United States joined JFrog's product and engineering organisation. This is commerce, not a donation.
Donations total$1,500,000

Frequently asked questions

Did JFrog donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

Yes. Documented donations total $1,500,000, including $1,500,000 to Gaza-border ('Gaza envelope') community rebuilding. Each donation is listed on this page with its date and source.

How much has JFrog given?

Documented donations total $1,500,000. The largest single recorded item is $1,500,000 to Gaza-border ('Gaza envelope') community rebuilding (2023-10).

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. 13 distinct sources are cited for JFrog. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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