Leaked Emails Reveal Epstein Brokered Meetings Between Ehud Barak and UAE BillionaireLeaked Emails Reveal Epstein Brokered Meetings Between Ehud Barak and UAE Billionaire
Washington (QNN)- Convicted sex offender and multi-millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein brokered several meetings between former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and UAE billionaire Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, according to leaked emails which also showed that UAE and Israel had deep intelligence and business backchannel ties for decades.
The emails, reported by Drop Site News on Wednesday, revealed that Epstein pitched a meeting with Sulayem, the CEO of Dubai's international port operator DP World, with Barak in 2013 on the grounds that the former was “the right hand of maktoum”, an apparent reference to Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the UAE.
DP World is owned by the emirate of Dubai. It has expanded across the Middle East and Africa with the support of the UAE’s foreign policy. DP World's operations have come under renweed focus amid the UAE's rivalry with Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.
According to the emails, Barak and Sulayem met several times in meetings arranged by Epstein.
Epstein attempted to facilitate an investment by Sulayem in an Israeli logistics chain in July 2013 and asked Barak for his opinion. At the time, the Israeli politician had just left government after having served as minister of defence and deputy prime minister until March 2013.
“I think it’s a little bit too early. Probably once (and IF) we’ll start getting deeper into a sincere peace process. Or alternatively after the next revolution on either side of the ME barricades,” Barak wrote, according to the leaked email.
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