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Does Take-Two Interactive support Israel?

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Support documentedupdated 2026-09-26

Yes — Take-Two Interactive has documented support for Israel on record, including $379,000 in donations. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Take-Two's documented ties to Israel run through its Zynga mobile label, which acquired Tel Aviv-based Storemaven in September 2022 and runs it as Mavens, the group's Israeli development centre (Zynga Israel Ltd). In the days after the 7 October 2023 attack, Zynga said it was donating NIS 1.5 million (about US$379,000) through that Israeli arm for the attack's victims and survivors — reported by the Hebrew technology outlet Geektime, which named no recipient, and absent from Take-Two's own corporate-responsibility pages. Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick visited the Tel Aviv centre for 36 hours in June 2025 with Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau, and has made no public statement on the Gaza war. No political money and no Israel-linked foundation grants were found, and Rockstar Games and 2K have no studios in Israel. Take-Two is not an official BDS movement target. Social-media posts asking whether ‘Rockstar’ supports Israel often confuse Rockstar Games with Rockstar Energy, an unrelated PepsiCo beverage brand that appears in boycott databases.

Geektime — Israeli tech sector's initiatives and donations (11 October 2023, Hebrew) Geektime — Take-Two chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick's visit to Israel (8 June 2025, Hebrew) Zynga (official announcement) Brussels Morning (Rockstar Games fact piece) The Witness boycott database — Rockstar Energy (PepsiCo), not Rockstar Games

Timeline of documented support

20232024202520262022-09 — Acquisition: Storemaven Ltd. (Tel Aviv)Acquisition2022-092023-10 — Donation: Relief for victims and survivors of the 7 October 2023 attack (no organisation named), via Mavens, Zynga's Israeli armDonation2023-102026-05 — Operations in Israel: Zynga Israel Ltd (Tel Aviv office)Operations in Israel2026-05

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Donation2023-10-11$379,000Relief for victims and survivors of the 7 October 2023 attack (no organisation named), via Mavens, Zynga's Israeli arm
In the days after the 7 October 2023 attack, Zynga — the wholly owned mobile label of Take-Two Interactive — said it was donating NIS 1.5 million (about US$379,000 at the Bank of Israel rate of 3.956 shekels to the dollar on 11 October 2023) for relief of the attack's victims and survivors, routed through its Israeli arm Mavens, the Tel Aviv company Zynga bought in 2022 as Storemaven. The Hebrew technology outlet Geektime reported the pledge in its 11 October 2023 round-up of Israeli tech-sector giving and, on 8 June 2025, described the same sum as given by Take-Two and Zynga together; the 2023 report adds that Zynga's Israeli development centre was turned over to volunteering and to building advocacy projects abroad with its creative and development teams. Both reports are Geektime's own, neither names a recipient organisation, and Take-Two's corporate conduct and social-responsibility pages do not mention the donation.
Acquisition2022-09-12—Storemaven Ltd. (Tel Aviv)
Zynga, a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, completed its acquisition of Storemaven, a mobile-growth and app-store-optimization technology company founded in Tel Aviv in 2015; Zynga said the deal expanded its existing operations in Israel and that it wanted to 'tap into the passionate and highly-skilled talent community in Israel.' Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquiring entity was Zynga (under Take-Two), not the Rockstar or 2K labels. Geektime, reporting the deal in Hebrew the same day, said all 50 Storemaven employees were joining Zynga and that the company was opening its first research-and-development centre in Israel around them, with the price undisclosed.
Operations in Israel2026-05—Zynga Israel Ltd (Tel Aviv office)
Take-Two, through its Zynga division, maintains an office in Tel Aviv and lists 'Zynga Israel Ltd', an Israeli-incorporated subsidiary, in the subsidiaries exhibit of its FY2026 annual report (filed May 2026). The Israeli operation grew out of Zynga's Storemaven acquisition and works on mobile-growth technology; Rockstar Games and 2K have no studios in Israel. In June 2025 Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two's chairman and CEO, and Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau made a 36-hour visit to that Israeli centre, now called Mavens, which builds data products for the internal use of the group's marketing and game teams; Zelnick said the trip had been put off twice because of the situation.
Donations total$379,000

Frequently asked questions

Did Take-Two Interactive donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

Yes. Documented donations total $379,000, including $379,000 to Relief for victims and survivors of the 7 October 2023 attack (no organisation named), via Mavens, Zynga's Israeli arm. Each donation is listed on this page with its date and source.

How much has Take-Two Interactive given?

Documented donations total $379,000. The largest single recorded item is $379,000 to Relief for victims and survivors of the 7 October 2023 attack (no organisation named), via Mavens, Zynga's Israeli arm (2023-10-11).

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. 9 distinct sources are cited for Take-Two Interactive. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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