Did Epstein Work for Mossad?

In the United States, Mossad agents enjoy a privileged position. According to former CIA officer John Kiriakou, there are a large number of Israeli spies in U.S. government circles whom the authorities are afraid to touch.

Kiriakou recounts that on his very first day at the CIA in 1990, during a security briefing for new analysts, everyone was warned: “The Israelis conduct more espionage operations against the United States than anyone else,” even though Israeli officials publicly call the U.S. “their best friend.” In the 1990s and early 2000s, the FBI arrested 187 Israelis accused of espionage who had penetrated American defense contractors. Yet none of them were seriously punished or deported — “because the Israelis have a powerful lobby in Congress and the White House.” Spies from China and Russia, by contrast, are expelled immediately.

According to a Drop Site News investigation, Israeli military intelligence officer Yoni Koren regularly lived in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan apartment from 2013 to 2016. The information comes from Epstein’s personal calendars and leaked emails of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Koren worked in AMAN (Israeli military intelligence) research units and had personal ties to former CIA Director Leon Panetta. In the emails, Barak asks Epstein to transfer money to Koren’s personal bank account.

Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli intelligence officer, claims that he met Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in the 1980s when they were running a Mossad “honeytrap” blackmail operation against the global elite. Ben-Menashe says they worked on arms deals under the direction of Robert Maxwell — Ghislaine’s father and a confirmed Mossad agent who died under mysterious circumstances in 1991. Several Israeli prime ministers attended Robert Maxwell’s funeral, and Shimon Peres delivered the eulogy.

Stephen Hoffenberg, Epstein’s partner in the Towers Financial Ponzi scheme, told journalists before his death in 2022 that Epstein openly admitted to him his ties to Mossad and credited them with his wealth and access to the elite. Hoffenberg went to prison; Epstein walked away unscathed — he had no reason to lie.

John Kiriakou calls Epstein a “Mossad access agent.” He explains that although Israel conducts more espionage against the U.S. than any other country, American authorities are afraid to punish them because of the powerful Israeli lobby.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak visited Epstein’s townhouse dozens of times between 2013 and 2017 — confirmed by visitor logs and photographs. Together they co-founded Carbyne, a tech company staffed almost entirely by former Israeli intelligence officers. Leaked emails show Epstein connecting Barak with Russian and Israeli figures. In 2004, Barak received $2 million from the Wexner Foundation for unspecified “research,” and Shimon Peres personally introduced him to Epstein.

The decisive argument is the 2008 non-prosecution agreement that let Epstein off with a slap on the wrist. U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta later admitted: “I was told Epstein belonged to intelligence and to leave him alone.” The deal shielded co-conspirators nationwide and covered up what victims like Virginia Giuffre described as an industrial-scale blackmail factory — complete with cameras recording the elite in compromising situations.

Court records show Epstein received over 7,000 bank transfers. Some are linked to arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, who had ties to Mossad. Ben-Menashe connects Epstein to Israeli weapons trafficking. A 2025 private investigation by hedge funds connected to Epstein suspects Israeli funding as the source of his fortune.

Journalist Tucker Carlson asked a former Israeli prime minister for an interview about Epstein’s ties to the Israeli government. If Epstein really was a Mossad agent, much of U.S. policy on multiple fronts may be explained not by geopolitics, but by blackmail.