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Does TotalEnergies SE support Israel?

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We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from TotalEnergies SE. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

Filed under: Energy & oil companies · Companies that support Israel

Background

TotalEnergies has no assets or operations in Israel and has not taken part in Israel's offshore licensing rounds. In February 2019, CEO Patrick Pouyanné told the Financial Times it was too "complex" to invest in Israel given the company's large positions elsewhere in the region; Israel's then energy minister Yuval Steinitz denounced the stance as an unacceptable boycott. The company's Eastern Mediterranean exploration is in Lebanon (Block 9) and Cyprus — assets often confused with Israeli ones. In 2024, a viral claim that Israel deliberately struck a TotalEnergies gas station in Beirut was not supported by evidence, according to fact-checkers; the company said the station was not in operation and was not directly hit.

Europe 1 Times of Israel (FR) Check Your Fact

What we checked

News & official statements — 2026-07-29
No donations, investments, or Israeli operations found in news searches; coverage centers on TotalEnergies' 2019 refusal to invest in Israel and the boycott accusation that followed.
Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-29
France-headquartered company; the nonprofit name search returned no matching US corporate foundation, and US 990 filings largely do not apply. No Israel-linked grants identified.
SEC filings — 2026-07-29
Files with the SEC as a foreign private issuer; the "Israel" full-text hits are conflict-minerals disclosures and 6-K exhibits with regional context, not evidence of support.
Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-29
No TotalEnergies corporate PAC found in the FEC committee search; as a French issuer, US political-money records largely do not apply.
Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-29
Check Your Fact found no evidence for the 2024 viral claim that Israel targeted a TotalEnergies station in Beirut; BDS materials target Chevron, not TotalEnergies, over Eastern Mediterranean gas.

Frequently asked questions

Did TotalEnergies SE donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

No records found. We searched 5 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from TotalEnergies SE. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.

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. 3 distinct sources are cited for TotalEnergies SE. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-07-29

Europe 1 europe1.fr
Times of Israel (FR) fr.timesofisrael.com
Check Your Fact checkyourfact.com