A few years ago the Mint developer (Lefebvre?) asked those who supported Israel not to use Mint.
He caught some flack for that, and I ignored him.
My eyebrows shot up when I read your post, and I had to question its validity. However, a brief ixquick search turned up this:
“Support Israel’s Government? Linux Mint Developer Says Go Away”
http://abriefhistory.org/?p=774