Former Israeli Prime Minister Denies Epstein Ties to Israel with ‘100% Certainty’

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has issued a rare and unequivocal rebuke to a growing wave of conspiracy theories claiming that Jeffrey Epstein was an agent of Mossad, calling the accusations a “vicious wave of slander and lies against my country and my people.”

“As a former Israeli Prime Minister, with the Mossad having reported directly to me, I say to you with 100% certainty: The accusation that Jeffrey Epstein somehow worked for Israel or the Mossad… is categorically and totally false,” Bennett posted on X.

The former PM was responding to a chorus of influential voices including Tucker Carlson, Charlie Kirk, and Megyn Kelly who have recently pushed the unfounded theory that Epstein may have been running a blackmail operation on behalf of Israel’s intelligence services.

Carlson, in particular, has gone so far as to claim that Israel is “committing crimes on our soil,” without presenting a shred of credible evidence to back up his claims. Bennett slammed the trend:

“They just make things up, say it with confidence and these lies stick because it’s Israel.”

Accusations without evidence are not journalism they’re libel. And worse, in this case, they’re being used to fuel anti-Israel sentiment at a time when the Jewish state is already facing an onslaught of global hate from the radical Left and increasingly, disturbing elements of the populist Right.

The real Epstein scandal his connections to American elites, his ties to powerful leftist figures like Bill Gates, Noam Chomsky, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, and even former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, the head of Israel’s left-wing opposition is hardly a secret. But proximity does not prove conspiracy, and Bennett is right to call out those who weaponize speculation to defame an allied nation.

The Wall Street Journal has detailed Epstein’s social calendar between 2013 and 2017, filled with names from academia, politics, and finance many of whom had little or no connection to Israel, let alone its intelligence community. Notably, those Epstein met with most often were figures with deep ties to the global Left and to institutions that have long vilified Israel’s right-wing leadership.

And yet, somehow, Israel not the Clintons, not academia, not Hollywood gets the blame from these theorists. Why? Because as Bennett pointed out, it’s “just Israel.” It’s a convenient scapegoat.

This kind of conspiracy mongering, once the hallmark of fringe forums, is now creeping into mainstream commentary, and it’s dangerous. These baseless accusations blur the lines between criticism and bigotry, and they serve only to divide and distract from real issues.

Naftali Bennett’s statement is a warning not just to those spreading lies about Epstein and Mossad, but to anyone willing to sacrifice truth for clicks, clout, or political convenience.

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