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Despite his documented ties to Epstein, including receiving more than $3 million from his Wexner Foundation, the mainstream Israeli media has never seriously questioned Barak’s connection to the sex trafficker.

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli questioned the relationship between former prime minister Ehud Barak and the notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Twitter, demanding that the influential left-wing politician provide clarity regarding his friendship with the disgraced financier.

“If you’re going to pretend to remain a public figure leading protests, you should sit down in front of a camera and explain once and for all what brought you to visit Mr. Epstein so many times, and for what services his number one client Leslie Wexner allegedly paid you,” Chikli wrote on Twitter, along with a screenshot of a recent Wall Street Journal article about the mens’ relationship.

“Mr. Barak said he often met with Epstein on trips to New York and was… introduced to people to discuss geopolitics or other topics. ‘He often brought other interesting persons, from art or culture, law or science, finance, diplomacy or philanthropy,’ Mr. Barak said,” read a passage from the Journal report highlighted by Chikli.

Far-left anti-Zionist philosopher Noam Chomsky was also an associate of Epstein’s, the Journal reported.

Why isn’t Barak persona non grata?

Despite his documented ties to Epstein, including receiving more than $3 million from his Wexner Foundation, the mainstream Israeli media has never seriously questioned Barak’s connection to the sex trafficker.

Barak is still viewed as a legitimate leader on the left, appearing at anti-judicial reform protests and speaking as a commentator on political news broadcasts.

For years, Israeli activists have sounded the alarm regarding the close ties between Barak and Epstein, which continued after the latter was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution and sentenced to 13 months in prison.

The Daily Mail newspaper photographed Barak visiting Epstein’s New York home in 2013, several years after his conviction, while wrapping a scarf around his face in a manner which suggested he was attempting to hide his identity.

In a 2016 deposition, Virgina Roberts Guiffre said she was introduced to Barak as a teen and that he had sexually abused her.

Responding to the allegation in Israel Hayom, Barak said he “does not comment on imaginary rumors or false affidavits.”

Barak has admitted to visiting Epstein’s private Caribbean island multiple times, where investigators and victims have said that sexual abuse took place.

Financial impropriety?

According to a 2021 book focusing on Epstein’s relationships with high-profile politicians and celebrities, Barak was a “frequent guest, almost a fixture” at the financier’s home. Journalist Michael Wolff wrote that Barak had also attempted to help Epstein rehabilitate his reputation after his conviction on using a minor for prostituion.

While it’s clear that Barak was a close associate of Epstein, what has yet to be revealed is more information regarding their financial ties.

“The recent discoveries about Epstein’s meetings are just a reminder of how big his financial schemes were. This is a part of the story which is not being reported enough, and which is essential in understanding his role, especially with Ehud Barak,” Elad, a researcher who has been following the Barak scandal for years, told World Israel News.

“Together with the [developments regarding Barak’s financial ties] to the U.S. Virgin Islands, we see enough evidence of financial crimes that are interwoven with Epstein’s criminal enterprise and that need to be investigated also in Israel,” he added.

“Barak was already grilled on his shady financial dealings with [late financier and fugitive] Marc Rich. This is even a bigger story.”

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Lital Valensi received one of the many organs the terror victim’s family donated after her death.

By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News

Lital Valensi is one of seven people who began a new life following the murder of Lucy (Leah) Dee in a Palestinian terror attack last month, after her family donated her heart, liver, kidneys, lungs and corneas – respecting her wish to help others not only during her lifetime.

Upon hearing about the Passover attack in which Rina (16) and Maya (20) Dee were murdered in a drive-by shooting in the Jordan Valley and their mother Lucy was critically injured, the 51-year-old mother of two prayed that Lucy would recover, she told Ynet.

“When I heard that they were fighting for Leah Dee’s life, a righteous, 48-year-old woman, I didn’t dream that I’d get her heart. I didn’t connect this story to me,” Valensi said, adding that she hadn’t actually heard the news when Dee succumbed to her injuries.

“When I heard that I’m going to get her heart, I collapsed. I started walking in the house without air, I muttered, ‘I have a heart.’ I had two hours to get to the hospital.”

When she woke up from the surgery and half a day in intensive care under sedation, she couldn’t stop crying, she said. “For me to live, someone had to die. She didn’t die because of me, but it’s still hard. How much love does the Creator of the world have to give me the heart of such a woman? The power of this woman of grace, I feel it inside my body.”

Valensi was moved to tears when she saw Dee’s husband, Rabbi Leo Dee, on television at the beginning of the torch-lighting ceremony that marked the beginning of Israel’s Independence Day last week.

“I felt like something in my heart was moving, as if Leah felt [her husband],” she said. “It was an out-of-body experience. Every time I see him on TV, I cry.”

She feels that her connection with the Dee family is no coincidence, she added. “For example, the name on my ID card is Rina Lital, and Leah’s daughter, who was also murdered, was called Rina.”

When asked what she would like to say to the Dee family, she responded, “Leah’s children will always be part of my family. I want to spend holidays with them. They can be here every day, live with us. My mother went to their house during the shiva (mourning period). She showed her daughters my photos and bought them a gift with a personal dedication. They hugged my mother…. I have so much love to give. I wish we could be one family.”

Valensi had been waiting for a new heart for eight months, she said. Although she played sports, danced and had never smoked, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 heart failure four and a half years earlier, the most advanced stage of the disease. These patients, even while resting, continue to experience breathlessness and fatigue, and physical activity is rarely possible.

“Only 17% of my heart functioned. It was a miracle that I was even standing on my feet,” she said about the discovery. She was put on medication, had a pacemaker implanted, and was constantly going to the hospital for tests and medical procedures. But last fall, she almost fainted during a stress test and the doctors told her that the only solution was a new heart.

Valensi spoke to Petach Tikva News after her surgery and expressed her deep gratitude to the Dee family. “I wish for them that they know no more suffering. All that’s left for me is to comfort them,” she said.

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