Hyderabad, Jan. 19 -- Israel and the United Arab Emirates were reportedly in cahoots since the early 2000s to build commercial ties, long before the Abraham Accords were signed between the two nations in 2020 that officially "normalised" their partnership, with disgraced billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein playing a key role in brokering the ties, according to a report by Drop Site.

In the final two decades of his life, Epstein served as an unofficial intermediary between the two countries, using his close friendship with Sultan Sulayem, chairman of Dubai Ports World.

Epstein's correspondence with Sulayem, who has close ties to the ruling Emirati families, reveal that the American financier had been trying to get him to meet former...