A leaked email from Jeffrey Epstein’s private vault sent shockwaves through the world: a senior Israeli intelligence officer, Yoni Koren, stayed weeks at a time in Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse while brokering secret security deals for former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.h

A leaked email from Jeffrey Epstein’s private vault sent shockwaves through the world: a senior Israeli intelligence officer, Yoni Koren, stayed weeks at a time in Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse while brokering secret security deals for former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

The correspondence, part of over 100,000 hacked emails from Barak released in October 2024 by the Palestinian group Handala and analyzed by Drop Site News in November 2025, reveals Epstein’s pivotal role in Israeli foreign policy maneuvers. Koren, a lieutenant colonel in Israeli military intelligence with Mossad covert operations experience, resided at Epstein’s Upper East Side apartment for extended periods—February 2013 (two weeks), October 2014 (two weeks), and September 2015 (ten days)—during sensitive negotiations.

Emails show Epstein facilitating wire transfers to Koren’s Citibank account, including one from Barak titled “Yoni acc. Info” with account details. Epstein also coordinated a mysterious package hand-off involving a bank card, and advised Barak on engaging Mossad’s “number 1.” Koren, Barak’s longtime aide, bridged Epstein to top U.S. officials like former CIA Director Leon Panetta.

The leaks, archived by Distributed Denial of Secrets, expose Epstein as more than a predator—a geopolitical fixer. He helped Barak secure Israeli security tech deals in Mongolia and Côte d’Ivoire, and brokered a 2014 backchannel to Vladimir Putin on Syria regime change, bypassing U.S. diplomacy.

Barak, who visited Epstein 30+ times post-2008 conviction, denied operational links, but the emails show Epstein drafting op-eds and strategizing alliances. Survivors like Virginia Giuffre, whose Nobody’s Girl (October 21, 2025) detailed elite complicity, see this as vindication: Epstein’s crimes masked statecraft.

As Epstein files unseal by December 19 under the Transparency Act, the revelation—trending with 3.5 million X posts (70% demanding probes)—unmasks a fixer whose depravity served empires, blending blackmail with brokerage in a web no longer hidden.