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.

Tucker Carlson's claims that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent have reignited a controversial conspiracy theory, prompting strong denials from former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The theory,

Alan Derschowitz told Chris Cuomo his perspective on Epstein's alleged client list, the existence of video tapes and Tucker Carlson's Mossad accusations.

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

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

"There's a vicious wave of slander and lies against my country and my people," former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said about Tucker Carlson's claims.

Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett rebuked Tucker Carlson over his claim that the alleged sex pest Jeffrey Epstein led a blackmail campaign on behalf of the Mossad. Bennett, 53, characterized the conspiratorial remarks from Carlson—and others on the right—as a “vicious wave of slander and lies” against Israel.

Mark Levin and other neoconservatives now label as anti-semitic anyone who questions the establishment narrative on Epstein, in the same way LGBTQ+alphabet city woke activists call those who question their orthodoxy “transphobic” or even “fascist.”

Carlson had raised the question of whether Epstein was running a blackmail operation on behalf of Israeli intelligence during his Friday, July 11 speech to the conservative youth group Turning Point USA, saying "every single person in Washington, D.C., thinks that."

Israel’s former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett forcefully denies claims that Jeffrey Epstein worked for Mossad, responding to U.S. anchor Tucker Carlson’s explosive allegations. As conspiracy theories swirl and MAGA outrage grows over the Trump administration’s Epstein files,

P resident Donald Trump is facing mounting backlash from his MAGA base over his administration's handling of the Epstein files and its deepening involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict -- and the splintering is especially evident among many of the podcasters and comedians who helped propel his return to power last year.