In February 1976, an art exhibition was held in Midtown Manhattan, New York. Among the many visitors was a 23‑year‑old man with thick hair named Jeffrey Epstein. At the time, he was a mathematics and physics teacher at the prestigious Dalton School in New York, and the father of one of his students had invited him to the exhibition. Epstein initially declined, saying he rarely went out, but eventually gave in and attended. That decision would become one of the most consequential of his life.
At the gallery, Epstein ran into another parent from the school. The parents praised his exceptional mathematical skills as a teacher and one of them asked whether he had ever considered pursuing bigger careers outside education, including on Wall Street. Epstein was taken aback and did not know how to respond. Nevertheless, one of the parents contacted a friend named Ace Greenberg, a senior executive at the financial firm Bear Stearns, and told him he had a brilliant candidate in mind: Jeffrey Epstein, a Dalton School math teacher.
Greenberg’s firm was staffed with Ivy League graduates holding advanced degrees in financial management and specialized expertise. By contrast, their new employee, Jeffrey Epstein, was an ordinary, poor American schoolteacher whose standout talent lay solely in extraordinary mathematical ability. Epstein had grown up in a working‑class family in Coney Island—a residential, commercial, and recreational area in southwest Brooklyn—but friends described him as a mathematical prodigy and a skilled piano player.
A New York Times report on Epstein’s life as a sex trafficker points to his relentless drive to become wealthy at any cost. Although much of Epstein’s life has since been exposed, how he suddenly rose from a position at a Wall Street firm to mingling with the most powerful political and economic figures in the United States remains unclear. It is not known how Epstein built his earliest connections with figures such as Donald Trump, the former U.S. president, and other major business leaders. What is clear is that he climbed the social and financial ladder step by step, often using young women as a lucrative source of income.
The release of new photos and documents showing individuals connected to the notorious sex trafficker has once again raised questions about Trump’s ties to Epstein, as well as those of figures such as Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, and Professor Noam Chomsky, the American linguist. The images also include figures like former President Bill Clinton, Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
From Neighbors to Intimate Associates
In the 1990s, Epstein bought a beachfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, for $2.5 million. The villa was less than a mile from Trump’s Mar‑a‑Lago estate, and many believe this proximity helped deepen their relationship. Epstein and Trump had become friends in New York, and according to the New York Times, Epstein regularly visited Trump’s casino in Atlantic City.
Epstein was arrested in 2019 and later died in prison after being convicted on sex‑trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide, but five years after his suspicious demise, the shadow of Epstein’s notoriety still hangs over Trump. Trump has largely responded by downplaying their relationship, insisting it was not close and even claiming he had cut ties with Epstein years before his arrest. However, New York Times investigations have concluded that their relationship was far closer and more complex than Trump has acknowledged.
According to the paper, Epstein discussed topics such as tax havens, international affairs, and psychology with other men—but with Trump, he spoke only about sex. Based on interviews, court testimony, and other records, Epstein introduced at least six women to Trump over the years, at least one of whom was underage at the time. In an email released by members of Congress last month, Epstein boasted that he had “gifted” Trump a 20‑year‑old woman he had been dating in the 1990s.
Another employee familiar with the matter said Trump sexually assaulted one of Epstein’s staff members during a shared flight in the early 1990s, telling her he could have any woman he wanted. A third employee stated that Trump would sometimes send Epstein business cards of models so he could browse them “like a menu.”
A recent New York Times report also revisited an interview with Jack O’Donnell, who managed the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City for several years. O’Donnell later wrote a critical book about Trump and recalled an incident in September 1989 when Trump arrived at the casino late at night with Epstein and three young women. A gaming inspector identified one of the women as a 19‑year‑old tennis player—underage for entry into the casino. O’Donnell said he informed Trump the next day that inspectors had spotted them with an underage girl.
“Epstein the Israeli”
Many believe Epstein was not merely a sex trafficker but in fact an agent of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, who laid sexual traps to compromise American politicians and influential figures. Notably, the most recent disclosure of Epstein’s ties to Zionist circles came from Israel’s prime minister himself.
In an article published just weeks ago in the American magazine Jacobin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explicitly wrote that Epstein interfered in Israeli elections and maintained ties with Israeli political figures. Netanyahu claimed that Epstein played a role in Israel’s 2019 parliamentary elections and had links to Mossad or Israel’s security apparatus. These claims were reportedly based on leaked text messages and emails, and were republished by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
One of the most significant aspects of Netanyahu’s note is that it effectively confirms Epstein’s connections to Israel’s senior security institutions. Thus, beyond speculation, it is now presented as established fact that Epstein acted on behalf of Mossad, pursuing Tel Aviv’s power interests in the United States—namely, entrapping influential American figures through sexual schemes orchestrated by Epstein.
Over the past two and a half months, the platform Drop Site News has published four reports containing dozens of public documents indicating that Epstein was an intelligence asset of Israel. Meanwhile, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, speaking recently to CNN, cited new information found in emails released by the House Oversight Committee, saying the documents reveal Epstein’s ties to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, including business dealings and connections to Israeli intelligence agencies. “In my view,” she said, “the right question is: Did Jeffrey Epstein work for Israel?” American journalist Tucker Carlson has also stated in a speech that Israel stands behind the Epstein sex scandal.
New Documents Released as Netanyahu Prepares to Visit
Meanwhile, a new batch of documents and images related to Jeffrey Epstein has been released in the United States just as the White House prepares to host the Israeli prime minister—the same leader who confirmed Epstein’s ties to Israel in a media note last month. Now, on the eve of his visit, another set of Epstein documents has surfaced.
This timing has led some analysts to draw a connection between the release of the new Epstein materials and Netanyahu’s trip to Washington. They argue that the publication of these documents is deliberate, intended as a threat message to Trump to pressure him into offering stronger support for Netanyahu and Tel Aviv’s plans in West Asia.
This interpretation gains further weight given that Netanyahu himself openly acknowledged Epstein’s links to Tel Aviv. It is not far‑fetched, analysts say, especially since reports over recent months have suggested Trump has been pressuring Netanyahu to implement the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire—pressure that Netanyahu reportedly resents. It is therefore plausible that Netanyahu could now use the Epstein files to exert greater leverage over Trump.
Given that Epstein’s case files reportedly total 90,000 pages and have yet to be fully released—with only a small portion leaked to the media—it is conceivable that Trump, in an effort to protect his reputation and keep his own connections to Epstein hidden, may agree to whatever Netanyahu demands, in full.
