{"id":29138,"date":"2026-02-11T05:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29138"},"modified":"2026-02-11T05:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:56:50","slug":"what-were-jeffrey-epsteins-links-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29138","title":{"rendered":"What were Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s links to Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29139\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>New documents show some believed the disgraced American financier had links to Israeli intelligence services and settler groups.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09T012907Z_169160087_RC2YJIAI5S7E_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPSTEIN-MAXWELL-1770653676.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeffrey Epstein and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell in an image released by the US Department of Justice on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from US investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Epstein [File: US Justice Department\/Handout via Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/simon-speakman-cordall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ties between disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Israel are becoming clearer after the release of millions of documents related to the convicted sex offender by the United States Department of Justice, following a years-long campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documents have revealed more details of Epstein\u2019s interactions with members of the global elite, including former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. But they also document his funding of Israeli groups, including Friends of the Israeli Defence Forces, and the settler organization the Jewish National Fund, as well as his ties to members of Israel\u2019s overseas intelligence services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten days since the US Department of Justice last released millions of documents related to Epstein \u2013 and ten and a half years since he died in US custody \u2013 details of his interactions with other members of the global elite continue to dominate the world\u2019s headlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what we know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"was-epstein-a-spy-for-israel\">Was Epstein a spy for Israel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the documents provide more evidence for those who believe that Epstein was an Israeli intelligence asset, it is still not something we can say for certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An FBI memo produced by the bureau\u2019s Los Angeles field office in October 2020 reported that one of its sources had come to believe Epstein \u201cwas a co-opted Mossad agent\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the document, the disgraced financier was described as having been \u201ctrained as a spy\u201d for Israel\u2019s intelligence service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The source also claimed Epstein maintained links to US and allied intelligence circles through his longtime lawyer Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard University law professor whose network, it said, included \u201cmany students from wealthy families\u201d. 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Robert Maxwell, a British newspaper tycoon who was the father of Epstein\u2019s former girlfriend and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, was long rumoured to have been linked to Israeli intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maxwell poured money into the Israeli economy and died in mysterious circumstances after he was said to have fallen from his yacht in 1991, after embezzling millions from his company\u2019s pension fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Epstein himself appeared to have suspected that the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency had a role in Maxwell\u2019s death. An email Epstein sent in 2018 had the subject line \u201che was passed away\u201d, referring to Maxwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the message, Epstein claimed that Maxwell had previously threatened Israel\u2019s intelligence service, writing that \u201cunless they [the Mossad] gave him \u00a3400 million to save his [Maxwell\u2019s] crumbling empire, he would expose all he had done for them\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Epstein also alleged that Maxwell had acted as an informal operative, gathering information on the US, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_4300477\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Epstein-Maxwell-1770647539.png?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C249&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Correspondence from Jeffrey Epstein concerning the death of UK publihing boss, Robert Mawell [Screen Grab\/Department of Justice]\" class=\"wp-image-4300477\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Correspondence from Jeffrey Epstein concerning the death of British publishing tycoon Robert Mawell [Screen Grab\/Department of Justice]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"would-epstein-have-been-of-interest-to-intelligence-agencies\">Would Epstein have been of interest to intelligence agencies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As an international financier with strong ties to global elites, as well as potentially compromising information on them, Epstein is the kind of person intelligence agencies would turn to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is unlikely that Epstein was not approached by the Mossad,\u201d said Ahron Bregman, a lecturer at King\u2019s College London, whose relationship with the alleged Egyptian Mossad agent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2016\/10\/14\/the-egyptian-spy-who-saved-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashraf Marwan<\/a>&nbsp;formed the basis of the book and film The Spy Who Fell to Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is like with Ashraf Marwan: even though he was not needed to report on Egypt anymore because there was peace between the two countries, the Mossad renewed contact with him to use him to open doors,\u201d Bregman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dershowitz \u2013 himself a controversial figure who is avowedly pro-Israel \u2013 has denied the claims, saying of Epstein that \u201cNo intelligence agency would really trust him\u201d. Dershowitz added that if Epstein had been an intelligence operative, he would have informed his lawyer, referring to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel\u2019s current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also pushed back on claims Epstein was a Mossad agent, writing on Twitter: \u201cJeffrey Epstein\u2019s unusually close relationship with Ehud Barak doesn\u2019t suggest Epstein worked for Israel. It proves the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barak has long been one of Netanyahu\u2019s political opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To continue, please allow functional cookies from third-party platforms.AllowManage cookie preferences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other sources, including Christopher Steele, who used to head up the British spy agency MI6\u2019s Russia desk, have suggested that it was \u201cquite likely\u201d that Epstein may have been \u201crecruited by Russian organized criminals\u201d. Elsewhere, the Polish government has launched an investigation into the late sex offender\u2019s links to Russia\u2019s state intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advertisement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-do-we-know-about-epstein-s-relationship-with-israel-linked-organisations\">What do we know about Epstein\u2019s relationship with Israel-linked organizations?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Epstein\u2019s COUQ Foundation, he provided Friends of the Israeli Defence Forces (FIDF) and the Jewish National Fund (JNF) with funds on at least one occasion, when he gifted $25,000 to the FIDF and $15,000 to the JNF in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the FIDF\u2019s website, the organization funds programmes for Israeli soldiers. Through its website, the organization invites donors to adopt a brigade or battalion, such as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/4\/25\/what-is-netzah-yehuda-the-israeli-battalion-facing-possible-us-sanctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion<\/a>, which has been widely accused of killing unarmed civilians, killing detainees, torture, and mistreatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/3\/12\/for-love-charity-washing-colonialism-fascism-and-genocide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JNF<\/a>&nbsp;has also been accused of historically privileging Jewish citizens to land inside Israel while restricting Palestinians\u2019 access under the guise of \u201cenvironmentalism\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists accuse the JNF of contributing to the displacement of Palestinian communities through forestation projects built over depopulated villages. Its alleged support for settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, principally in the settlement cluster of Gush Etzion, has prompted calls in some countries to revoke its charitable status. The organization has additionally been challenged over environmental practices seen as damaging to local ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/9\/what-were-jeffrey-epsteins-links-to-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/9\/what-were-jeffrey-epsteins-links-to-israel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New documents show some believed the disgraced American financier had links to Israeli intelligence services and settler groups. The ties between disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Israel are becoming clearer after the release of millions of documents related to the convicted sex offender by the United States Department of Justice, following a years-long campaign. 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