Israeli Ex-PM Ehud Barak Linked to Congo Mineral Trade via Epstein and Intelligence Network

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak maintained close coordination with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in pursuit of mineral, oil, and gas resources in Africa after Barak’s resignation as Israel’s defense minister in 2013, according to documents published by the U.S. Department of Justice and hacked emails from Barak’s Gmail account reviewed by Drop Site News. These communications reveal a strategic alliance between Barak and Epstein, aimed at expanding their influence in global resource extraction and security sectors.

Epstein played a pivotal role in Barak’s transition from the military to the private sector by packaging privatized Israeli intelligence services for sale to police states around the world. Together, the two men marketed security and surveillance products to foreign governments seeking to stabilize civil conflicts during the tumultuous early 2010s. This collaboration underscores the intersection of Israeli intelligence expertise and global resource interests, facilitated through Epstein’s extensive network.

Email correspondence shows that Barak also drew on his lifelong Israeli intelligence connections to help expand his business footprint in Africa, including the services of former Mossad chief turned private military contractor Danny Yatom. Yatom, who served as director of the Mossad from 1996 to 1998, became Barak’s top security adviser and later served in the Knesset until 2008. Since then, he has consulted for and served on the boards of various private security firms such as Global Strategic Group, a small outfit operating in central Africa led by several Israeli intelligence veterans from the Mossad and Shin Bet.

A proposal for a “Night Warfare Special Operations Unit” that was included in Barak’s Gmail account reveals that Global Strategic Group trained an elite special operations unit in the mineral-rich eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2013. The proposal, marked “classified,” included a case study of the Kivu conflict in which Yatom boasted that their firm’s training had turned the tide against the rebel March 23 Movement (M23) and ended the war.

The Congo case study and other communications from Barak’s inbox showing his contacts with Epstein and Yatom were published by non-profit whistleblower Distributed Denial of Secrets, as part of a series of document dumps from Handala, a hacking group with suspected ties to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The cache has been independently vetted and verified by Drop Site News.

Yatom, who has denied that he ever met Epstein, did not respond to a request for comment. Aside from their mutual connection with Barak, no public information connects Yatom to Epstein. This lack of direct linkage raises questions about the extent of their collaboration and the role of intermediaries in facilitating such partnerships.

The documents highlight the complex web of Israeli involvement in global resource extraction and security operations, often through intermediaries like Epstein. This raises concerns about the ethical implications of such activities, particularly in regions plagued by conflict and human rights abuses. As Micah 6:8 reminds us, we are called to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God, which includes holding accountable those who exploit vulnerable populations for profit and power.

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