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Does Zalando support Israel?
Zalando SE
Zalando has publicly expressed support for Israel, but we found no record of donations or aid. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Fashion & apparel brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
Honest verdict: one contested internal-statement claim, sourced to an advocacy group, and no money. Zalando SE, Europe's largest online fashion retailer, sells in 30 European markets (as of 2026) and does not ship to Israel; it has no Israeli operations, and no donations, investments or partnerships concerning Israel were found. Its one documented item is a solidarity-with-Israel statement its board and works council are said to have posted internally in October 2023 — an account from the European Legal Support Center, sourced to a dismissed employee, that Zalando's own public response neither confirmed nor denied. The claim surfaced publicly through a labor dispute: a Lebanese employee who said he objected to the statements was dismissed in June 2024 over an unrelated pretext, the Berlin Labour Court found the dismissal unlawful, and the case settled in December 2024. Israeli customers can only buy via package-forwarding services, and no Israel-specific brand program on the platform was found.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre — censorship and intimidation at Zalando (case overview) Wikipedia — Zalando (markets served) ColisExpat — Zalando delivery to Israel via forwarding only
Documented records
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public statement | 2023-10 | — | Israel (internal solidarity declarations by Zalando's management board and works council) According to the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), a legal-aid group for the Palestine-solidarity movement, Zalando's management board and works council posted internal declarations of solidarity with Israel on the company's internal channels in the days after the 7 October 2023 attacks. The exact wording is not independently documented elsewhere, and when asked, Zalando's own public response neither confirmed nor denied it. A Lebanese employee, Mohamad S., who says he objected to the statements, was dismissed in June 2024; Zalando's stated justification concerned a comment ("Yallah") he made to a colleague. At an 14 August 2024 hearing the Berlin Labour Court found the dismissal unlawful and based on vague accusations — a ruling on the dismissal's legality, not a verified account of what the internal statements said — and both his unfair-dismissal suit and a related discrimination complaint were settled on 5 December 2024. Attribution: the underlying claim about board/works-council statements rests on ELSC's account of the case, sourced to the dismissed employee, not on Zalando's own statement or independent documentation; the company has made no public donation to Israeli causes. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Zalando donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of donations. What is on record is a public statement of support — see this page for the wording and its source.
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. 7 distinct sources are cited for Zalando. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25
- junge Welt — Zalando: Repression für Israel jungewelt.de
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre — allegation and Zalando company response business-humanrights.org
- European Legal Support Center — case documentation elsc.support
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre — Zalando's own response business-humanrights.org
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre — censorship and intimidation at Zalando (case overview) business-humanrights.org
- Wikipedia — Zalando (markets served) en.wikipedia.org
- ColisExpat — Zalando delivery to Israel via forwarding only colisexpat.com