Epstein files: Ex-Israeli PM urged Putin to send ‘one million’ Russians to dilute Palestinian presence

A secret recording reveals former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak told Jeffrey Epstein he lobbied Russian President Vladimir Putin for one million more Russians to emigrate to Israel. The purpose of this was to reshape Israel's demographics and dilute the Palestinian presence. Barak also disparaged Jews who arrived from Arab and Muslim countries after 1948, stating that Israel could now be more "selective" with its immigrants. He further discussed a plan to break the orthodox rabbinate's monopoly on defining Jewish identity to facilitate this new wave of immigration.