Politicians & Public Officials

Every entry documents dated, sourced public conduct. The factual record and Galil's opinion are presented separately. Click any name for the full record. See the Ledger standard.

Elected officials and other public officeholders, documented through votes, resolutions, official statements, and their own public words.

On the record

  • Rep. Rashida Tlaib — (D-MI) — endorsed BDS; held a “guilty of genocide” sign during Netanyahu’s address.
  • Rep. Ilhan Omar — (D-MN) — endorsed BDS; twice posted remarks condemned as antisemitic tropes.
  • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — (D-NY) — called Israel an apartheid state; voted against condemning BDS.
  • Cori Bush — (former D-MO) — supported BDS and called Israel an apartheid state.
  • Rep. Ayanna Pressley — (D-MA) — framed U.S. aid to Israel as funding apartheid on the House floor.
  • Jamaal Bowman — (former D-NY) — cast doubt on the documented Oct. 7 sexual violence; later apologized.
  • Rep. Summer Lee — (D-PA) — voted against a resolution affirming Israel is not an apartheid state.
  • Cynthia McKinney — (former U.S. Rep.) — tweeted that “Zionists” carried out 9/11.
  • Kingsley Wilson — (Pentagon press secretary) — promoted a neo-Nazi talking point about a Jewish lynching victim.
  • Zack Polanski — (UK Green Party leader) — accused Israel of “active genocide.”
  • Jeremy Corbyn — The EHRC found the Labour Party responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination during Corbyn’s leadership; it did not adjudicate whether Corbyn personally was antisemitic.
  • The 2019 vote against condemning BDS — The House passed H.Res.246, opposing efforts to delegitimize Israel and the BDS movement targeting Israel, by 398–17; the roll call establishes each vote, not each voter’s motive or a personal BDS endorsement.
  • Naledi Pandor — (South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, 2019-2024) — In mid-October 2023 (~10 days after the October 7 Hamas attack), South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor held a…

Boycott actions

  • George Galloway — Galloway urged Bradford residents to reject Israeli goods, services, academics, and tourists; prosecutors later brought no charge.

Explicit public conduct

  • Ali Khamenei — (public official) — On October 28, 2020, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei tweeted from his official account questioning why it is a crime to cast doubt on the Holocaust…
  • Catherine Almonte Da Costa — (public official) — NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's newly appointed Director of Appointments, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, resigned on December 18, 2025 — one day after being…
  • David Duke — (public official) — On December 11-13, 2006, former Louisiana state representative and ex-KKK Imperial Wizard David Duke traveled to Tehran at Iranian president Mahmoud…
  • Grzegorz Braun — (public official) — On December 12, 2023, Polish Sejm MP Grzegorz Braun used a fire extinguisher to snuff out a lit Hanukkah menorah during an official Sejm Hanukkah ceremony…
  • Luc Jasmin — (public official) — On March 27, 2025, Luc Jasmin — a Washington State Human Rights Commissioner appointed by Governor Jay Inslee in 2023 — told fellow commissioners during…
  • Mahathir Mohamad — (public official) — As Prime Minister of Malaysia, in a keynote address to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit in Putrajaya on October 16, 2003, Mahathir…
  • Mahmoud Abbas — (public official) — On April 30, 2018, in a speech to the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas said that the historical persecution of Jews in Europe…
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene — (public official) — In a Facebook post dated November 17, 2018 (later deleted, surfaced by Media Matters on January 28, 2021), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed the deadly…

BDS endorsement

  • Anwar Ibrahim — (Prime Minister of Malaysia) — On 15 September 2025, at the Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit in Doha, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim publicly called on all countries to sever…
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — (President of Turkey) — On May 2, 2024, Turkey's Trade Ministry halted all export and import trade with Israel "covering all products," and on July 26, 2024, President Erdoğan…

Authoritative finding

  • Dries Van Langenhove — (public official) — On March 12, 2024, a Ghent, Belgium correctional court convicted Dries Van Langenhove — former Belgian MP and founder of the far-right youth group Schild…

Divestment or boycott

  • Frances Black — (Independent Senator, Ireland) — On July 23, 2026, Irish President Catherine Connolly signed into law the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of…
  • Luis Arce — (President of Bolivia) — On November 1, 2023, Bolivia's government under President Luis Arce severed diplomatic relations with Israel over its Gaza military offensive following…
  • Pedro Sánchez — (Prime Minister of Spain) — On May 14, 2025, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told the Spanish Parliament "Nosotros no comerciamos con un estado genocida" ("We do not do business…

Boycott action

  • Gustavo Petro — (President of Colombia) — On May 1, 2024, at a May Day rally in Bogotá, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Colombia would sever diplomatic relations with Israel, calling…

Where Galil stands

Our opinion: Galil opposes officials who endorse BDS, single out Israel for delegitimization, or use antisemitic tropes. Each linked page separates the public record from our view.

Ledger systematically reviewed 2026-07-27; entries last updated through 2026-09-06. Anything labeled “our opinion” is opinion. Corrections are added to the record.