Carlson responded to Bennett’s post by inviting him to sit down for an interview about Epstein.
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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett confronted conservative pundit Tucker Carlson on Monday following his claim that Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israeli intelligence services.
‘As a former Israeli prime minister, for whom the Mossad directly reported to me, I say to you with 100% certainty: The accusation that Epstein somehow worked for Israel or the Mossad running a blackmail ring is categorically and totally false,’ Bennett wrote on X/Twitter.
He added that Epstein never had anything to do with the Mossad or the State of Israel in any capacity.
‘This accusation is a lie being peddled by prominent online personalities such as Carlson, pretending they know things they don’t,’ Bennett said.
Carlson claimed in a Friday address at a Turning Point USA event, insisting that there was ‘nothing antisemitic, or even anti-Israel’ about saying that Epstein had ties to the Israeli government.
‘No one’s allowed to say that that foreign government is Israel, because we have been somehow cowed into thinking that’s naughty,’ Carlson said.
‘There’s a vicious wave of slander and lies against my country and my people, and we just won’t take it anymore,’ Bennett wrote.
Carlson invites Bennett to be interviewed on his podcast
In response, Carlson said that he would invite Bennett to be interviewed on his podcast, adding that he would be sending him a formal invitation.
‘Instead of issuing threats on social media, why don’t you sit down for a rational interview on Epstein’s ties to the Israeli government? We’ll reach out to your office this morning,’ Carlson wrote.
Bennett has yet to respond to Carlson’s offer.
Ghislane Maxwell, daughter of a Mossad asset, may have been the brains and connection to Mossad after her father’s death.
Epstein may have been answerable to Ghislane. Thus the technicality could be the basis of denial of Epstein-Israel connection.