Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein "never worked for the Mossad" after the claim gained greater attention when it was recently posited by Tucker Carlson. Carlson had raised the question of whether Epstein was running a blackmail operation on behalf of Israeli intelligence during his Friday, July 11 speech to the conservative youth group Turning Point USA, saying "every single person in Washington,...