{"id":29502,"date":"2026-02-19T05:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29502"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:26:15","slug":"tested-on-palestinians-epstein-israels-barak-pushed-spy-tech-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29502","title":{"rendered":"Tested on Palestinians: Epstein, Israel\u2019s Barak pushed spy tech in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Disgraced financier and former Israeli PM used surveillance tools honed under occupation of Palestine to secure resource and logistics deals in West Africa, investigation shows.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak delivers a statement in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26, 2019 [Corinna Kern\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Convicted American\u00a0sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>\u00a0and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak collaborated for more than a decade to profit from instability in Nigeria, marketing surveillance technology honed in the occupied Palestinian territory to gain access to the West African country\u2019s lucrative oil and logistics sectors, according to an investigation by Drop Site News (DSN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trove of emails originally released by the United States Department of Justice, the DSN\u00a0investigation<\/a>\u00a0found, outlines how the late financier and the Israeli politician leveraged the Boko Haram rebellion to pitch \u201cfield-proven\u201d security solutions to Nigerian officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correspondence indicates that these security deals were frequently utilised as a gateway for broader commercial interests, including infrastructure projects for DP World<\/a> and investments in the energy sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revelations come days after Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned as chairman of the Emirati logistics giant DP World on February 13 amid fallout from the disclosure of his close ties to Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the documents, Epstein and Barak viewed the escalating violence in West Africa not as a humanitarian crisis but as a business opportunity. In a 2014 email (PDF<\/a>) regarding civil unrest in Syria, Libya, and Somalia, Epstein wrote to Barak, \u201cisn\u2019t this perfect for you\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barak replied, \u201cYou\u2019re right in a way. But not simple to transform it into a cash flow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Field-proven\u2019 on Palestinians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The files detail how Israeli intelligence firms marketed their technology to Nigeria using euphemisms such as \u201cfield-proven\u201d, a reference to systems deployed by the Israeli military against Palestinians under occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2015, Barak and a business partner invested $15m in FST Biometrics, a firm founded by the former head of Israeli military intelligence, Aharon Ze\u2019evi Farkash. The company\u2019s core technology, a biometric system known as Basel, was originally prototyped at the Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing<\/a> between Israel and the besieged Gaza Strip to control the movement of Palestinian workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Nigerian military battled Boko Haram, Barak facilitated the sale of similar biometric surveillance equipment to Babcock University, a Christian institution in Nigeria. The project was framed as a counterterrorism measure, with a press release at the time boasting that the technology would \u201cfilter away all unwanted persons\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The emails suggest this initial foothold allowed Barak to institutionalise Israeli cyber-expertise within the Nigerian state. By 2020, the World Bank had tapped the Israel National Cyber Directorate and a startup cofounded by Barak to shape Nigeria\u2019s national cyber-infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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