"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.

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

Tucker Carlson claims Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israel to blackmail US officials: ‘Every single person in DC thinks that’ - ‘I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t think that,’ the former Fox News host to

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson openly claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was working for Israeli intelligence services as he addressed a Turning Po.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson told an audience last Friday at the Turning Point meeting in Florida that Jeffrey Epstein was most likely an Israeli Mossad agent.

Tucker Carlson has alleged that Jeffrey Epstein was a pawn in the hands of Israeli intelligence, tasked with blackmailing American politicians.

Bennett rebuked claims that Epstein worked for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and accusing Tucker Carlson of spreading conspiracy theories about his country.

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson openly claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was working for the Israeli intelligence services as he addressed a Turning Point USA event Friday. This is a much-discussed conspiracy theory which has now found its way to the mainstream after the Donald Trump administration closed the Epstein case.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman forcefully denied Tucker Carlson's claim linking him to Jeffrey Epstein, calling the allegation defamatory and demanding an apology while detailing how he legitimately built his $9 billion fortune.