Former PM had told late sex offender that Israel could ‘easily absorb another million’ Russian immigrants to offset Palestinian population and lessen religious Jews’ influence. The recording was released last week in a huge tranche of files by the United States Department of Justice. The former Israeli leader, speaking in an undated meeting with Epstein, says that his country could “easily absorb another million” Russian-speaking immigrants, a clear reference to white Slavic peoples. According to the official data, 996,059 immigrants from former Soviet republics arrived in Israel after its collapse up until 2009. They took whatever came; now, we can be selective,” he said, adding, “We can easily absorb another million.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 06, 2026 17:28 UTC