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Does Netflix support Israel?

Netflix, Inc.

Business presence documentedupdated 2026-09-26

Netflix does business in Israel — we found records of its operations there, but no record of donations, aid, or a public statement of support. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Netflix has no recorded corporate donations or statements of support for Israel. The viral October 2023 claim that Netflix would double-match donations to the Israeli emergency service United Hatzalah was retracted by the outlet that reported it — the matching offer came from a private jewelry company, not Netflix. Boycott calls against Netflix center on its catalog of Israeli productions such as 'Fauda' and its Hebrew-language originals; its documented ties to Israel are all commercial, beginning with that content investment, which Israeli industry executives have actually criticized as insufficient. Netflix has no corporate foundation, and its PAC (FLIXPAC) is funded by employee contributions with no recorded ties to pro-Israel committees. The Hebrew-language record adds two commercial facts and no donation: Netflix pays an Israeli lobbying firm — $9,145 for May 2026, from which Calcalist estimated an annual lobbying spend of about $110,000 — and has used it to resist, not fund, Israeli demands that it invest in local content, sending a delegation of executives to Israel in January 2025 to lobby against a bill that would oblige it to invest in Israeli originals, reportedly warning that it would raise prices; and its 2023 licensing deal with the public broadcaster Kan remains secret because Netflix vetoed its disclosure as a trade secret.

The Algemeiner (correction) Misbar The Times of Israel Calcalist (Hebrew) Ynetnews (English edition of the same Calcalist report) Bizportal (Hebrew) TheMarker (Hebrew)

Timeline of documented records

2024202520262023 — Partnership: Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting CorporationPartnership20232025 — Investment / program: Israeli original productions and creatorsInvestment / program20252026-05 — Government contract: JLM Public Policy, an Israeli lobbying firmGovernment contract2026-05

Documented records

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Investment / program2025—Israeli original productions and creators
Commercial content investment: Netflix commissions and licenses original Hebrew-language Israeli series and says it has continued to invest in Israeli productions through the war — recent titles include 'Bros' (April 2024) and 'Bad Boy' (global premiere May 2, 2025) — and it partners with Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film School Series Lab. Israeli industry figures have criticized the investment as too small and pushed for European-style local-content mandates. This is commercial production activity, not a donation.
Government contract2026-05$9,145JLM Public Policy, an Israeli lobbying firm
Paid lobbying in Israel, not a donation. Court papers filed in an administrative petition show Netflix paid the Israeli lobbying firm JLM Public Policy $7,750 for "regulation and strategy (policy)" work in May 2026, $9,145 including VAT; from that one month Calcalist estimated Netflix's annual lobbying spend in Israel at about $110,000. JLM told the Jerusalem court it is not Netflix's agent for service of process, partly because it supplies those services to a Netflix subsidiary registered in the Netherlands; Netflix itself has no branch in Israel.
One source
Partnership2023—Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
A commercial content licence with a state broadcaster, not a donation. In 2023 Kan, Israel's public broadcaster, signed an agreement putting its original series — among them "Kupa Rashit", "HaMefakedet" and "East Side" — on Netflix for viewers in Israel. The terms have never been published: Kan refused a freedom-of-information request after Netflix vetoed disclosure on trade-secret grounds, and in 2026 the Hatzlacha NGO petitioned the Jerusalem District Court to force the agreement out. Producers say the money they receive for Netflix broadcasts is too low and performers — actors, singers, musicians and dubbing artists — say they receive none at all. Kan's own answer is that the deal licenses programmes the public has already paid for, brings money in, and is shared with the producers.

Frequently asked questions

Did Netflix donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of donations. What is on record is commercial activity in Israel (Investment / program, Government contract, Partnership), which is not the same as support — 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 Netflix. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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