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Epstein helped broker Israeli intelligence projects in Africa: Documents

Press TV – November 7, 2025

Leaked documents have exposed how Jeffrey Epstein helped former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak broker covert security deals across Africa, deepening the disgraced financier and sex trafficker’s shadowy ties to Israeli intelligence and state-linked operations.

The revelations, based on files released by the hacker collective Handala and the US House Oversight Committee, detail Epstein’s behind-the-scenes role in advancing Israel’s military and surveillance footprint in Côte d’Ivoire during Barak’s tenure as defense minister and beyond.

The leaked emails and Epstein’s personal schedules show the financier acting as a key intermediary between Barak and Ivorian leaders in 2012 and 2013, facilitating meetings, smoothing negotiations, and pushing forward Israeli security proposals, as reported by Drop Site on Friday.

Epstein’s communications reveal his enthusiasm for monetizing regional turmoil. “With civil unrest exploding […] and the desperation of those in power, isn’t this perfect for you,” he wrote to Barak.

The former Israeli premier replied: “You’re right [in] a way. But not simple to transform it into a cash flow.”

That “cash flow,” according to the documents, took the form of Israeli surveillance contracts and intelligence-sharing agreements with the Ivorian government.

Even after leaving office in 2013, Barak continued negotiating through private channels, with Epstein’s assistance. Emails show the pair discussing plans for mass monitoring systems, designed by ex-Israeli intelligence officers, and coordinated meetings with top Ivorian and Israeli officials.

The leaked House records allege Epstein’s meetings with Ivorian President Ouattara’s relatives and aides in New York and his subsequent travel to West Africa, which coincided with high-level Israeli visits.

While Barak has claimed his ventures with Epstein were purely “private investments,” the new disclosures suggest otherwise.

Israeli companies linked to Barak’s network, including MF Group and Elbit Systems, later supplied surveillance infrastructure and “public order” equipment to Côte d’Ivoire after the United Nations lifted its arms embargo in 2014, according to the report.

The leaked documents also place Epstein squarely at the heart of these dealings, coordinating meetings for Barak with Israeli intelligence figures and Ivorian envoys.

According to the leaked proposal authored by former Israeli military intelligence chief Aharon Ze’evi-Farkash, Israel’s plan for Côte d’Ivoire involved a sweeping SIGINT (signals intelligence) system designed to intercept phone, radio, and satellite communications—technology originally developed during the Palestinian Intifadas.

Within months, Barak and Epstein’s lobbying paid off with the Ivorian government reportedly approving the Israeli proposal.

Epstein’s Personal Links With Barak

The revelations follow renewed scrutiny of Epstein’s personal relationship with Ehud Barak, which has long drawn controversy.

In her posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, alleged that a “well-known prime minister” brutally assaulted her on Epstein’s private island in 2002, when she was 18.

Giuffre did not name the individual in the book but had previously identified Barak in court filings as one of the men who abused her.

She recounted pleading with Epstein not to send her back to the “Prime Minister” after the attack, but, as she wrote, “Epstein cared only about Epstein.” The financier dismissed her pleas, telling her, “You’ll get that sometimes.”

The disturbing allegations, coupled with the newly leaked documents, further expose the depth of Epstein’s connections within Israeli political and intelligence circles.

November 7, 2025 - Posted by aletho | Deception | Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Ehud Barak, Israel