Netanyahu says Epstein’s ties to Ehud Barak prove he worked against Israel, not in favor

“Stuck on his election loss from over two decades ago, Barak has for years obsessively attempted to undermine Israeli democracy by working with the anti-Zionist radical left in failed attempts to overthrow the elected Israeli government,” he wrote.

Netanyahu also claimed that Barak had a personal fixation on engaging in activities, both publicly and privately, to undermine Israel’s government, including “fueling mass protest movements, fomenting unrest, and feeding false media narratives.”

Netanyahu’s comments came after new information regarding Barak and Epstein’s relationship was released by the US Justice Department in a new batch of Epstein files.

Barak had told Epstein that Israel could “easily absorb another million” immigrants from Russian-speaking countries, adding that Israel could “control the quality” of new arrivals more effectively than in past decades.

This isn’t Netanyahu’s first tweet taking a jab at Epstein and Barak.

In November 2025, the prime minister retweeted an article from Jacobin, an openly anti-Israel American magazine, elevating circulating antisemitic conspiracy theories regarding Epstein and Barak.

The article, titled “Jeffrey Epstein Claimed to Have Meddled in Israel’s Elections,” centered on newly revealed emails in which Epstein boasted of advising Barak, with whom the article said Barak was associated, during the 2019 race, claiming involvement in efforts to unseat Netanyahu.

Barak’s ties with Epstein have been covered extensively. The two met repeatedly in 2015-2016, years after Epstein’s first conviction, and he was photographed entering Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse.