The accusation that Jeffrey Epstein somehow worked for Israel or the Mossad running a blackmail ring is categorically and totally false,” wrote Naftali Bennett.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed allegations that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israeli intelligence services, describing the claims from U.S. media figures as being part of “a vicious wave of slander and lies” against Israel.

Israel’s former prime minister has issued a rare and forceful denial in response to explosive claims about Jeffrey Epstein. Naftali Bennett, who served as Israel’s 13th prime minister and oversaw the Mossad (the country's national intelligence agency),

A deflated conspiracy theory that Jeffrey Epstein was a foreign spy re-emerged over the weekend, with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson declaring that the financier and convicted sex offender was connected to Mossad,

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter dated July 1, 2025. Netanyahu handed the letter to Trump during his White House visit on July 7.

A core misconception about Israel’s policy since Oct. 7 is that the country has favored military action at the expense of diplomacy. The truth is that it’s Israel’s decisive battlefield victories that have created diplomatic openings that have been out of reach for decades — and would have remained so if Israel hadn’t won.

In 2024, the EU sanctioned five Israeli settlers and three entities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem under the GHRSR. At the same time, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway imposed targeted sanctions against Israeli groups and individuals accused of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

"With regard to the Gaza Strip, we have only security concerns." Sa'ar's seem to contradict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who in May said Israel would take control of all of Gaza after the war ends.

It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, have undercut Israel’s standing among the world’s democracies.