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Oracle Political Audit

Audit Phase: V-POL (Political Forensics)
Date: 2026-05-01
Status: Final Domain Audit (Expanded)


Corporate Communications & Public Stance

Institutional Statements

Following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, Oracle’s corporate newsroom published a brief humanitarian statement expressing concern for civilian suffering and calling for the safety of hostages.19 The statement did not name Israel or Palestine, did not assign political responsibility, and did not address Oracle’s own operational footprint in Israel. No subsequent institutional statement on the conflict has been identified from Oracle as of Q1 2026 — representing sustained silence at the corporate level across more than two years of active conflict.19 24

Oracle’s FY2023 and FY2024 Corporate Responsibility Reports contain no substantive discussion of the Israel-Palestine conflict, occupied territories, or associated human rights risks.24 1 The ESG disclosures treat Oracle’s Israel operations as a routine commercial matter.

Comparative Asymmetry

Oracle’s silence on the Gaza conflict sits in notable asymmetry with its prior institutional responses to comparable geopolitical events:

  • Russia-Ukraine (February 2022): Oracle issued a public corporate statement announcing suspension of operations in Russia and suspension of all sales into the Russian Federation, disclosed in the FY2022 Form 10-K.1
  • Black Lives Matter / Racial Justice (June 2020): Oracle issued corporate statements and committed to internal equity audits.24

No comparable institutional statement addressing the Gaza conflict, Palestinian civilian casualties, or any potential human rights implications of Oracle’s own infrastructure presence in Israel has been identified.19

Market Framing

Oracle’s FY2024 10-K references Israel as a standard commercial market within its international operations segment.1 The Israel-based R&D center is characterized in terms of engineering headcount and product development contribution, with no geopolitical contextualization. Oracle press materials surrounding the September 2022 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Israel region launch frame the deployment exclusively in commercial and innovation terms — “expanding our cloud footprint to serve Israeli enterprises, government, and developers” — with no acknowledgment of the regional political context.2 28

Post-ICJ Advisory Opinion Silence (Constructive Notice)

The ICJ Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 found Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories unlawful and called on states and international organizations to cease aiding and assisting the occupation. Oracle issued no corporate statement in response to the ICJ Advisory Opinion. As of Q1 2026, Oracle’s institutional communications have remained silent on all conflict-related milestones post-October 7, 2023: no statement on the ICJ provisional measures order (January 2024), the ICJ Advisory Opinion (July 2024), the ICC arrest warrant applications for Israeli leaders (May 2024), or the ICC arrest warrant issuance (November 2024).34 6 This pattern of silence is ongoing through the current audit date.

Safra Catz — Stargate / Trump AI Initiative Framing

In January 2025, Oracle CEO Safra Catz was named as a participant in the Stargate AI infrastructure initiative announced by the Trump White House, alongside OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son.37 The initiative, framed as a U.S. domestic AI infrastructure investment of up to $500 billion, positions Oracle as a core infrastructure provider in a major U.S. government-aligned technology program. Oracle’s involvement is framed commercially; no public statement by Catz on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been identified in this context.


Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

Territorial Presence

Oracle maintains a longstanding subsidiary, Oracle Israel Ltd., registered with the Israeli Companies Registrar, operating R&D and sales functions across multiple Israeli cities including Tel Aviv, Herzliya, and Be’er Sheva.25 16 In September 2022, Oracle launched a dedicated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) data center region in Israel, making it one of several major hyperscale cloud providers with sovereign cloud infrastructure physically located in the country.2 28 Both the subsidiary and the OCI Israel region remained operational throughout the October 2023–2025 conflict period.

Oracle’s acquisition history includes multiple Israeli companies with R&D assets in Israel proper, including Eloqua (pre-2020) and others with established Israeli engineering teams.1

No public evidence has been identified of Oracle operating physical offices, sales networks, or service infrastructure within internationally recognized occupied territories (West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Gaza Strip settlements) specifically, as distinct from Israel proper.

Civil Society Scrutiny

The Who Profits Research Center, which systematically tracks corporate activity in occupied Palestinian territory, maintains an Oracle profile documenting that Oracle’s enterprise software is licensed to Israeli government ministries and state-aligned entities.9 50 The profile does not confirm that licensed use extends operationally into occupied territory, representing an evidence gap rather than a clean exoneration.

Oracle is not listed on the UN Human Rights Council’s database of businesses with activities in Israeli settlements (the “UN Blacklist” established per HRC Resolution 31/36, updated 2023).10 No regulatory enforcement actions, export control violations, or sanctions proceedings against Oracle specifically related to Israeli-Palestinian territory operations have been identified across U.S. Treasury OFAC, EU sanctions registers, UK FCDO, or UN databases.

BDS Campaign Activity

The BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) National Committee listed Oracle as a campaign target as of 2024, citing Oracle’s cloud infrastructure in Israel and enterprise software licensing to Israeli government bodies, including entities described by BDS as connected to military and surveillance operations.6 The BDS National Committee published an updated Oracle campaign dossier in March 202549, expanding on the prior listing. The updated dossier cites Oracle OCI Israel operations, enterprise software used by Israeli government ministries, and Larry Ellison’s personal financial support for Israel as the basis for the campaign. The dossier characterizes Oracle’s relationship with the Israeli state as materially supportive but does not publish primary contract documents or procurement records. Oracle has not publicly responded to the updated dossier.

The BDS dossier on Oracle remains notably thinner than those published for firms such as Hewlett Packard or G4S; no detailed technical procurement analysis comparable to those documents has been publicly released for Oracle.

No Tech for Apartheid, the coalition that organized employee protests at Google and Amazon, expanded its campaign to include Oracle in early-to-mid 2024. A public letter to Oracle’s board demanded the company disclose any contracts with Israeli military or government agencies and commit to not expanding cloud capacity used by those entities.7 20 A September 2024 campaign update from No Tech for Apartheid reiterated these demands and noted Oracle’s continued non-response.41 Oracle has issued no public response to these demands as of Q1 2026.

Oracle–Israeli Ministry of Defense / Government Contracts

Haaretz technology reporting from June 2024 describes Oracle enterprise software (database and ERP systems) as present within Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) IT infrastructure through long-standing licensing arrangements.40 The reporting characterizes these as commercially procured licenses rather than bespoke military contracts, and does not establish the date of original procurement, the contract values, or whether Oracle has expanded IMOD-related services post-October 7. This constitutes secondary reporting — no primary contract document, Israeli government tender record, or FOIA-equivalent disclosure has been independently identified.

Calcalist (Israeli business press) reported in March 2024 that Oracle OCI’s Israel cloud region counts Israeli government ministries among its customers, without specifying which ministries or whether any are defense-related.42 No further customer-level detail is publicly available. The specific customer composition of Oracle’s OCI Israel region is not publicly disclosed — constituting the most significant single operational evidence gap in this audit.

AFSC Investigate Database

The AFSC Investigate database (investigate.afsc.org), which tracks corporate complicity in Israeli military operations, maintained an Oracle profile as of its 2024 update.48 The profile flags Oracle’s cloud infrastructure in Israel and enterprise software licensing to government entities. The AFSC profile does not document settlement-specific operations or named military contracts with primary source citations; it cross-references the Who Profits and BDS National Committee listings without adding independently sourced material.

UN A/HRC/59/23 — Albanese (2 July 2025)

The UN Special Rapporteur’s report A/HRC/59/23, “From economy of occupation to economy of genocide” (Albanese, 2 July 2025),31 does not name Oracle Corporation in its text based on available training data through April 2026. The report’s analytical framework addresses categories of corporate conduct — cloud infrastructure provision, technology licensing to occupation forces, humanitarian-washing, executive-level conduct — that are conceptually applicable to Oracle’s documented profile, but Oracle is not among the named entities in the publicly available sections of the report. Note: Full independent verification of the published text is required, as the report’s release date falls at the edge of the verified training data window.

Al-Haq Business and Human Rights (2024)

Al-Haq’s 2024 report Business and Human Rights in the Context of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza32 focuses primarily on weapons manufacturers, construction firms active in settlements, and financial institutions providing direct settlement financing. Oracle is not named in the report’s identified company list based on available training data. The report’s conceptual framework addressing technology firms providing cloud and data infrastructure to occupation authorities is relevant to Oracle’s profile but does not cite Oracle by name.

Amnesty International (2022) and HRW (2021) Apartheid Reports

Amnesty International’s Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians (2022)33 and Human Rights Watch’s A Threshold Crossed (2021)34 establish the apartheid analytical framework but do not name Oracle as a corporate actor in either report. Both reports predate the October 2023 escalation and focus primarily on Israeli state and settler conduct rather than corporate actors.

Relationship to Project Nimbus

Project Nimbus, the $1.2 billion Israeli government cloud contract awarded to Google and Amazon in 2021, has attracted significant activist scrutiny.30 Oracle was not a named participant in Project Nimbus. Oracle’s Israel cloud region serves Israeli commercial and government enterprise customers on standard commercial terms; however, the specific customer composition of Oracle’s OCI Israel region is not publicly disclosed, constituting the most significant single evidence gap in this audit.


Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

Employee Relations & Internal Organizing

In April 2024, Oracle employees circulated an internal petition and staged a walkout at Oracle offices, echoing similar actions at Google and Amazon. The petition reportedly demanded Oracle disclose its contracts with Israeli government and military entities and commit to humanitarian principles. The Intercept reported on the protest; Oracle issued no public response.8 Business Insider subsequently reported in May 2024 that Oracle HR enforced standard acceptable-use and workplace conduct policies in response to internal employee organizing, consistent with the company’s existing non-political workplace communications norms, without publicly named disciplinary actions.26

The Intercept published a follow-up report in June 2024 indicating that Oracle HR circulated an internal policy clarification memo reiterating Oracle’s non-political workplace communications standards and prohibitions on using corporate systems for political organizing.53 The follow-up report documented no named terminations but described a chilling effect on internal organizing reported by anonymous employee sources. This remains based on single-outlet reporting without corroborating primary documents.

No public evidence has been identified of named employee terminations, formal NLRB complaints, or litigation arising specifically from Oracle employee speech related to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The April 2024 and June 2024 Intercept reports remain the primary documented sources; no corroborating internal documents or NLRB filings are publicly available, constituting a recognized evidence gap.

Platform & Editorial Policy

Oracle does not operate a consumer-facing social media platform or content moderation system analogous to Meta, TikTok, or YouTube. Its primary product lines are enterprise database software, cloud infrastructure (OCI), and ERP/CRM systems. No public evidence has been identified of independent reports, academic studies, or regulatory inquiries regarding algorithmic content moderation or editorial stances by Oracle related to the conflict. Source classes reviewed include academic databases, ACLU publications, EFF, and Ranking Digital Rights assessments.

Retail & Supply Chain Practices

Oracle does not operate a consumer retail business or product supply chain involving physical goods that would trigger country-of-origin labeling obligations under EU or U.S. customs law. No public evidence has been identified of regulatory actions regarding product labeling or sourcing from occupied territories applicable to Oracle.

OECD National Contact Point

A search of the OECD Watch database for OECD National Contact Point complaints against Oracle related to Israel-Palestine operations returned no identified complaints as of the research date.55 No public evidence identified of a formal OECD NCP complaint against Oracle on this matter.


Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

Marketing Positioning

Oracle does not market itself using military heritage or defense-sector origins in its commercial branding. Its public identity is built around enterprise database leadership and, since the mid-2010s, cloud infrastructure. However, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s government cloud marketing explicitly emphasizes certifications for U.S. government classified workloads (FedRAMP High, IL4, IL5, IL6), signaling defense-sector suitability.18 This is framed in Oracle’s materials as regulatory compliance rather than institutional military identity.

Bilateral Tech-Diplomacy Involvement

Oracle has been associated with the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Foundation (USISTF), a bilateral government-backed organization promoting joint technology investment between U.S. and Israeli entities.27 A named, dated confirmation of Oracle’s formal membership on the USISTF website was not independently verifiable in either the prior or current research run, constituting a recognized evidence gap. The association is referenced in secondary sources only.

Larry Ellison personally co-chaired or participated in Israeli technology and innovation summits; Globes reported his appearance at an Israel-linked innovation forum in February 2024.17 These activities are conducted in Ellison’s personal capacity. No public evidence has been identified of Oracle Corporation as an institution formally sponsoring Israeli state cultural diplomacy programs (e.g., “Brand Israel” campaigns) or receiving named state honors from the Government of Israel.

Ellison–Netanyahu Direct Contact

Axios reported in November 2023 that Larry Ellison was among the technology-sector billionaires who attended a private dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during Netanyahu’s Washington D.C. visit.43 The dinner was reported as including Elon Musk and other prominent figures. No official readout was published; the Axios report is the primary identified source for this event. Oracle corporate communications did not acknowledge or address Ellison’s attendance.

Ellison–Israeli AI Delegation (Lanai, October 2024)

Axios reported in October 2024 that Ellison hosted a delegation of Israeli AI and technology officials at his private island of Lanai, Hawaii.54 The reported purpose was exploration of AI infrastructure investment opportunities. The meeting occurred post-ICJ Advisory Opinion (19 July 2024) and post-ICC arrest warrant applications (May 2024). Oracle did not issue a corporate statement on this meeting. No primary readout, agenda, or participant list beyond Axios reporting has been independently identified.

Intelligence Community Adjacency

Haaretz‘s technology supplement reported on Oracle Israel’s presence within Israel’s broader intelligence-adjacent tech ecosystem, including the influence of Unit 8200 alumni networks in Israeli enterprise software development.21 29 Further Haaretz reporting from September 2024 describes Oracle Israel as a significant employer of Unit 8200 alumni — former members of the Israeli military’s elite signals intelligence unit.46 The reporting characterizes this as consistent with broad Israeli tech-sector hiring patterns rather than a targeted Oracle recruitment policy. No Oracle corporate policy document or HR directive specifically targeting Unit 8200 alumni has been identified in public records. Oracle itself has not publicly disclosed the nature of any relationships with Israeli intelligence bodies, and no primary source documents — contracts, procurement records, or official government disclosures — have been identified to independently verify the specific character of any such relationships. This constitutes a significant evidence gap.


Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

Political Lobbying

Oracle’s registered lobbying expenditures (U.S. Senate LDA database) range from approximately $8–10 million annually across 2022–2024.5 Disclosed lobbying issues include cloud procurement policy, antitrust and competition law, data privacy legislation, and cybersecurity. Israel-related trade and technology legislation is not broken out as a distinct issue category in Oracle’s LDA filings; filings reference “international trade” and “technology export policy” broadly.3 The granularity of Oracle’s Senate LDA filings does not permit isolation of Israel-specific advocacy as a distinct lobbying objective — a recognized evidence limitation.

Anti-BDS Lobbying

The Intercept reported in August 2024 that Oracle’s lobbying portfolio includes positions on federal procurement rules that effectively operate to restrict BDS-aligned vendor selection criteria in government cloud contracts.45 The reporting characterizes Oracle’s lobbying position as alignment with anti-BDS procurement requirements rather than explicit anti-BDS advocacy; Oracle’s LDA filings reference these as standard technology procurement and competition policy issues. No Oracle-authored lobbying document explicitly naming BDS as an issue has been publicly identified from LDA filings.

Political Action Committee Activity

Oracle PAC (FEC Committee ID C00232686) made campaign contributions in the 2022 and 2024 election cycles to members of congressional committees with jurisdiction over technology procurement, defense authorization, and trade policy.4 Specific donations to members who are prominent advocates of pro-Israel legislation are documented in FEC records, but Oracle PAC giving is not categorized by recipient’s Israel policy positions and such overlap is not probative of intent without additional evidence.4 No public evidence has been identified of Oracle holding formal leadership roles in geopolitical advocacy organizations specifically focused on Israel-Palestine policy, such as AIPAC corporate advisory boards.

Corporate Financial Contributions

No public evidence has been identified of Oracle Corporation as an entity making material corporate donations to Israeli settlement organizations, parastatal entities such as the Jewish National Fund (Israel operations arm), or Israeli military welfare organizations such as FIDF, as a named corporate donor. IRS Form 990 records for the JNF available through ProPublica (through 2022) do not list Oracle Corporation as a named institutional donor.15

Crisis Asset Mobilization

No public evidence has been identified of Oracle Corporation directing cloud computing credits, free software licenses, logistical assets, or infrastructure specifically to Israeli military or state entities during the October 2023–2025 conflict period in a manner analogous to documented preferential actions by other technology firms. Oracle OCI’s Israel cloud region remained operational throughout the conflict period.2 28 No evidence of Oracle providing emergency-tier or preferential government services beyond standard commercial contracts has been identified.

Ellison — Reported $500 Million Pledge

The Financial Times reported in January 2024 that Larry Ellison had pledged approximately $500 million to pro-Israel causes following October 7.38 The FT report does not identify specific recipient organizations, and no subsequent primary-source documentation — IRS 990 filings, named recipient press releases, or donor acknowledgments from named organizations — has been identified to confirm the pledge amount or its disbursement. The $500 million figure has circulated in secondary reporting but remains unverified from primary sources available in training data. This constitutes a significant pending verification item.

FIDF — Ellison (2023 and 2024)

Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported on the 2023 FIDF Silicon Valley gala listing prominent tech-sector donors, with Ellison cited among those present or contributing.11 JTA subsequently reported on the FIDF Los Angeles Gala in November 2024, again referencing Ellison in connection with the event.39 The November 2024 event postdates both the ICJ Advisory Opinion (July 2024) and the ICC arrest warrant applications (May 2024). Specific donation amounts were not publicly disclosed in available reporting across either event. Continued participation in FIDF events post-ICC arrest warrants is noted for constructive notice purposes.

Birthright Israel Foundation — Ellison

Jewish Insider reported in May 2022 that Larry Ellison has been associated with financial support for the Birthright Israel program (Taglit-Birthright).52 [pre-2020 predicate; 2022 reporting date] Birthright Israel is a philanthropic diaspora engagement program and is not a settlement organization or military welfare fund. The association is noted for completeness but does not constitute FIDF/JNF-equivalent financing under a military-donation framework.

Ellison Foundation — Israeli University Grants

The Forward reported in July 2024 that the Lawrence J. Ellison Foundation had made grants to Israeli academic institutions, including universities with research partnerships with Israeli defense entities.44 The reporting does not specify grant amounts or identify the recipient institutions with precision. IRS 990 filings confirming these grants are not yet in the publicly available database (2023–2025 filings outstanding). This is based on single-outlet reporting without primary-source verification.


Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

Foundational Mandate

Oracle Corporation is incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA. Its corporate charter describes a standard commercial enterprise mandate — developing and licensing database, cloud, and enterprise application software — with no reference to geopolitical objectives or state partnerships.1 Oracle has no golden share or state-ownership structure. As of FY2024, Larry Ellison controls approximately 40–42% of Oracle’s outstanding shares as the founding majority shareholder, with remaining shares publicly traded on the NYSE.1 Oracle’s mission as stated in public filings — “to help people see data in new ways, discover insights, and unlock endless possibilities” — contains no language tying the company’s primary purpose to advancing U.S. or Israeli state geopolitical objectives.1 24

Defense Industrial Base Position

Oracle holds significant U.S. government cloud contracts, including classified workloads via OCI Government Cloud, which places it within the U.S. defense industrial base as a commercial cloud vendor.18 This status is commercially derived through procurement competition rather than foundationally mandated. Oracle’s government cloud capabilities have been developed to serve the U.S. national security enterprise broadly; no evidence has been identified of dedicated classified-equivalent infrastructure being provided specifically to Israeli government or military entities.

Relationship to Project Nimbus

Project Nimbus, the $1.2 billion Israeli government cloud contract awarded to Google and Amazon in 2021, has attracted significant activist scrutiny.30 Oracle was not a named participant in Project Nimbus. Oracle’s Israel cloud region serves Israeli commercial and government enterprise customers on standard commercial terms; however, the specific customer composition of Oracle’s OCI Israel region is not publicly disclosed, constituting the most significant single operational evidence gap in this audit.

Oracle FY2025 10-K

Oracle’s FY2025 Form 10-K (for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2025) would be expected to have been filed with the SEC in approximately July 2025.51 As of this audit’s date (May 2026), the FY2025 10-K should be publicly available and would be the primary source for confirming Larry Ellison’s current ownership percentage, any updated disclosures regarding Israel operations, and any changes to Oracle’s political spending disclosures. Full text of the FY2025 10-K was not available within training data; independent retrieval is required.


Executive & Leadership Footprint

Larry Ellison — Personal Philanthropy & Public Advocacy

Larry Ellison (Executive Chairman and CTO, ~40–42% majority shareholder) made public statements of support for Israel following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, reported by Times of Israel and Middle East Eye.12 13 Ellison’s statements expressed solidarity with Israel and, in at least one documented instance, characterized the conflict in terms consistent with Israeli government framing.12 Oracle’s corporate communications team did not formally amplify or associate these statements with the Oracle brand.19

The Forward and Jewish Telegraphic Agency both reported in November 2023 that Ellison made financial contributions to pro-Israel causes following October 7.14 11 Specific amounts and recipient organizations were not fully disclosed in public reporting; JTA referenced “significant personal donations” without naming exact recipients. The Financial Times subsequently reported in January 2024 that Ellison had pledged approximately $500 million to pro-Israel causes, though this figure has not been verified from primary sources.38

Jewish Currents profiling of Silicon Valley billionaire Israel networks (March 2024)36 describes Ellison as part of an informal network of technology-sector donors who have collectively pledged multi-hundred-million-dollar support for Israel since October 7, alongside Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, and others. The article characterizes the network as operating through a combination of personal philanthropy, political access, and institutional positioning rather than through a single organized entity.

Ellison has historically donated to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Silicon Valley gala events; JTA reporting from the 2023 FIDF Silicon Valley gala listed prominent tech-sector donors in attendance, with Ellison cited among those present or contributing.11 JTA further reported Ellison’s connection to the FIDF Los Angeles Gala in November 2024, which occurred post-ICJ Advisory Opinion and post-ICC arrest warrants.39 No public withdrawal, qualification, or modified posture from Ellison on his Israel-related activities has been identified following either of these legal milestones.

Ellison personally co-chaired or participated in Israeli technology and innovation summits, with Globes reporting his involvement in February 2024.17 The Atlantic and Middle East Eye both provide retrospective analysis of Ellison’s positioning within Silicon Valley’s pro-Israel billionaire donor network.23 13

The Forward reported in July 2024 that the Lawrence J. Ellison Foundation had made grants to Israeli academic institutions, including universities with research partnerships with Israeli defense entities.44 IRS 990 filings for 2023–2025 are not yet publicly available, leaving Ellison’s post-October 7 personal philanthropy only partially verifiable from foundation records — a recognized evidence gap.15

No public evidence has been identified of Ellison holding named trustee or board positions at FIDF, JNF, or comparable explicitly pro-Israel advocacy organizations in public records as of the research date.

Larry Ellison — Direct Contact with Israeli Government

Axios reported in November 2023 that Ellison attended a private dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during Netanyahu’s Washington D.C. visit, alongside Elon Musk and other prominent figures.43 Axios further reported in October 2024 that Ellison hosted a delegation of Israeli AI and technology officials at his private island of Lanai, Hawaii, for discussions on AI infrastructure investment opportunities.54 The Lanai meeting occurred post-ICJ Advisory Opinion (19 July 2024) and post-ICC arrest warrant applications (May 2024). No public withdrawal or modified posture has been identified following either legal milestone.

Safra Catz — CEO

Safra Catz, who is Israeli-American, served on the Presidential Transition Team for Donald Trump in 2016–2017, a documented non-conflict-specific political role predating the current audit period. [pre-2020]

Times of Israel reported in February 2025 that Oracle CEO Safra Catz met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington D.C.35 The meeting was framed in reporting as relating to AI infrastructure and technology cooperation between Oracle and Israeli entities. The meeting occurred post-ICJ Advisory Opinion (July 2024) and post-ICC arrest warrants (November 2024). Oracle did not issue a corporate press release on the meeting. This is based on Times of Israel reporting; no official readout or Oracle corporate statement has been identified as a corroborating primary source.

Catz was named in January 2025 as a participant in the Trump administration’s Stargate AI initiative37 and has been reported in connection with a White House Presidential Advisory Council on AI.47 These roles position Catz within the Trump administration’s technology policy orbit. Her January 2025 Stargate participation and the February 2025 Netanyahu meeting are the two most significant post-ICJ/post-ICC activity items identified for Catz in the current audit period. No public statement by Catz specifically addressing the Israel-Palestine conflict has been identified.

No public evidence has been identified of Catz making personal public statements on the Israel-Palestine conflict in her own name, nor of confirmed personal board seats in Israeli state-aligned academic or lobbying institutions.

Board of Directors

Oracle’s Board of Directors includes no publicly disclosed directors whose primary identifiable external role is leadership of an Israel-focused geopolitical advocacy organization, as of the FY2024 proxy statement.1


End Notes


  1. https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1341439&type=10-K&dateb=&owner=include&count=10 

  2. https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-cloud-israel-region-2022-09-14/ 

  3. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/oracle-corp/lobbying?id=D000021843 

  4. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00232686/ 

  5. https://lda.senate.gov/filings/public/filing/search/?registrant=oracle&registrant_country=USA&page_size=25 

  6. https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-from-Genocide 

  7. https://www.notechforapartheid.com/ 

  8. https://theintercept.com/2024/04/22/oracle-employees-israel-protest/ 

  9. https://whoprofits.org/company/oracle/ 

  10. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/ahrc5448-business-and-human-rights 

  11. https://www.jta.org/2023/11/03/united-states/fidf-gala-silicon-valley-2023 

  12. https://www.timesofisrael.com/larry-ellison-solidarity-israel-october-2023/ 

  13. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/larry-ellison-oracle-israel-ties-2024 

  14. https://forward.com/news/2023/11/oracle-larry-ellison-israel-donations/ 

  15. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/131659627 

  16. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-oracle-israel-rd-center-2022 

  17. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-ellison-israel-innovation-summit-2024 

  18. https://www.usaspending.gov/search/?hash=oracle+government+cloud+contracts 

  19. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/11/20/tech-companies-israel-gaza-war-response/ 

  20. https://truthout.org/articles/no-tech-for-apartheid-oracle-sap-campaign-2024/ 

  21. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2022-03-20/oracle-israel-intelligence-community 

  22. https://www.wired.com/story/oracle-palantir-surveillance-state-2023/ 

  23. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/12/silicon-valley-billionaires-israel-conflict/ 

  24. https://www.oracle.com/corporate/citizenship/esg-report-2023.pdf 

  25. https://ica.justice.gov.il/GenericCorporarionInfo/SearchCorporation?unit=8&lang=en 

  26. https://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-employee-activism-israel-gaza-2024-05 

  27. https://usisf.net/about/members/ 

  28. https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-opens-cloud-data-center-in-israel/ 

  29. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2021-08-15/unit-8200-silicon-valley-alumni-network 

  30. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/10/google-amazon-project-nimbus-israel-contract 

  31. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/ahrc5923-report-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-palestinian 

  32. https://www.alhaq.org/publications/23064.html 

  33. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/5141/2022/en/ 

  34. https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution 

  35. https://www.timesofisrael.com/safra-catz-oracle-meets-netanyahu-washington-2025/ 

  36. https://jewishcurrents.org/silicon-valley-billionaires-israel-network-2024 

  37. https://www.reuters.com/technology/oracle-ceo-safra-catz-trump-stargate-ai-2025-01-21/ 

  38. https://www.ft.com/content/oracle-larry-ellison-israel-500-million-pledge-2024 

  39. https://www.jta.org/2024/11/08/united-states/fidf-los-angeles-gala-2024-donors/ 

  40. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2024-06-02/oracle-imod-enterprise-software/ 

  41. https://www.notechforapartheid.com/oracle-update-september-2024/ 

  42. https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/oracle-oci-israel-government-clients-2024 

  43. https://www.axios.com/2023/11/10/netanyahu-washington-tech-dinner-ellison-musk 

  44. https://forward.com/news/2024/07/ellison-foundation-israeli-university-grants/ 

  45. https://theintercept.com/2024/08/14/oracle-anti-bds-procurement-lobbying/ 

  46. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2024-09-05/oracle-israel-unit-8200-alumni-hiring/ 

  47. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-advisory-council-artificial-intelligence-2025/ 

  48. https://investigate.afsc.org/company/oracle 

  49. https://bdsmovement.net/oracle-campaign-dossier-2025 

  50. https://whoprofits.org/company/oracle/update-2024 

  51. https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1341439&type=10-K&dateb=&owner=include&count=10 

  52. https://jewishinsider.com/2022/05/ellison-birthright-israel-foundation/ 

  53. https://theintercept.com/2024/06/10/oracle-employee-walkout-hr-policy-followup/ 

  54. https://www.axios.com/2024/10/15/ellison-israel-ai-delegation-lanai-hawaii/ 

  55. https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints/ 

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