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.
“[But] I think we have to think harder on how to leverage this acquaintance,” he added.
In 2020, the UAE normalized ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords.
The US framed the Abraham Accords as a historic breakthrough, but in reality, as the Epstein emails reveal, the UAE and Israel had deep intelligence and business backchannel ties for decades.
Epstein was found dead in his New York City jail cell in 2019. Thousands of the late financiers' emails have been released amid congressional pressure. Some have exposed work that appears to show him working as a private diplomat and intelligence fixer, for example, by arranging a security deal between Israel and Mongolia and talks with Russia over Syria’s civil war.
Epstein had close ties to UK publisher Robert Maxwell, a known Mossad asset, and to Les Wexner, the CEO of Victoria’s Secret, who helped found an organisation that promoted pro-Israel voices in lobbying and philanthropy.
In the 1980s, Epstein also had ties to Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, who coordinated with US and Israeli officials during the 1980s Iran-Contra affair.
Epstein hosted Sulayem at his private Caribbean island, Little St James. His earliest correspondence with Sulayem dates back to 2007, according to the Drop Site News report.
By then, Epstein had already been indicted on sexual abuse charges. He and the Emirati billionaire shared a lewd joke about a mutual female friend.
In November 2007, Epstein wrote to Sulayem that he heard a “funny story” from a woman they both knew, to which the Emirati billionaire replied: “Yes after several attemps (sic) for several months we managed to meet in NY. There is a misunderstanding (sic) she wanted some BUSINESS! while i only wanted some PUSSYNESS!”
”Praise Allah, there are still people like you,” Epstein replied.
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