Editing Michael Douglas (section)

===Political activities===
[[File:Impronte di Michael Douglas al TCL Chinese Theatre - Los Angeles - USA - agosto 2011.jpg|thumb|Douglas's hand and footprints at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Los Angeles]]]]
[[File:President Isaac Herzog hosted the actor Michael Douglas June 2024 (KBG GPO9181).jpg|thumb|Douglas with Israeli President [[Isaac Herzog]] on June 2, 2024]]
Douglas is a registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and has donated money to the campaigns of [[Barack Obama]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[Al Franken]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Michael_Douglas.php |title=Donor search—Michael Douglas |work=newsmeat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115102419/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Michael_Douglas.php |archive-date=November 15, 2006 }}</ref> [[Edward Markey]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Manchester|first=Julia|title=Celebrities fundraise for Markey ahead of Massachusetts senate primary|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/505012-celebrities-fundraise-for-markey-in-massachusetts-senate-primary/|date=29 June 2020|website=The Hill}}</ref> [[Michael Bloomberg]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Neumann|first=Sean|title=Michael Douglas endorses Mike Bloomberg for President|url=https://people.com/politics/michael-douglas-endorses-mike-bloomberg-for-president/|date=21 January 2020|website=People}}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Jennifer|last2=Gardner|first2=Akayla|title=Actor Michael Douglas helps raise cash for Biden|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/gordon-gekko-actor-michael-douglas-helps-raise-cash-for-biden|date=26 April 2024|website=Bloomberg}}</ref>

Douglas is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (CFR).<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Winters|first=Rebecca|title=The World is in His Hands|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1037643,00.html|date=13 March 2005|magazine=Time}}</ref> He also a board member of ''RepresentUs.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Swann|first=Sara|title=Michael Douglas joins Jennifer Lawrence in movies about democracy's problems|url=https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/representus-anti-corruption-video|date=9 December 2019|website=Fulcrum}}</ref> In 2019, Douglas appeared in a short film for RepresentUs titled ''Unbreaking America: Divided We Fall.''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} In 2023, Douglas was a key speaker at the American Democracy Summit in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|last=Griffiths|first=Shawn|title=Tackling the crises in American Democracy|url=https://ivn.us/posts/american-democracy-summit-tackling-crisis-american-democracy|date=24 September 2023|website= Independent Voter News}}</ref>

Douglas is on the board of selectors of the [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Board &#124; youth community &#124; service award |url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106145805/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=August 26, 2014 |publisher=Jefferson Awards}}</ref>

In June 2024, Douglas visited Israel and toured the sites of [[Be'eri massacre|Be'eri]] and [[Nova music festival massacre]]s during the [[October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel]]. After his tour of the sites, he met with [[President of Israel]] [[Isaac Herzog]] and during his meeting, Douglas described the participants of the [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses|pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses]] as undergone "brainwashing… because when you try to talk to many of them, there is no education, there's no knowledge."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/america-is-definitely-your-ally-actor-michael-douglas-tours-oct-7-massacre-sites/|title=Visiting Israel, Michael Douglas suggests anti-Israel campus protesters 'brainwashed'|newspaper=Times of Israel|first=Amy|last=Spiro|date=2024-06-02|access-date=2025-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-douglas-israel-visit-solidarity/|title=Michael Douglas visits Israel to show solidarity as war in Gaza continues|newspaper=CBS News|date=2024-06-03|access-date=2025-03-30}}</ref>