Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has faced scrutiny over his financial and personal ties to Jeffrey Epstein. "I now deeply regret having any association with him," Barak said at this year's DealBook Conference. Barak received some $2.3 million in payments from a foundation associated with Epstein from 2004 to 2006, and Epstein invested a reported $1 million in a limited partnership established by Barak in 2015. Barak was a panelist at the 2025 Dealbook Summit for a discussion on global