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Benny Shabtai

Also known as: Benjamin Shabtai

Summary

IDF Six-Day War veteran and Shabtai Society co-founder who sold a 55.2% Viber stake to Rakuten for $900M in 2014.

Definition

Benny Shabtai is an IDF Six-Day War veteran and FIDF national board member who co-founded the Shabtai Society at Yale in 1997 with Rabbi Shmully Hecht. His family sold its 55.2% stake in Viber to Rakuten for $900M in February 2014. Jeffrey Epstein flew to Israel with Shabtai in April 2008 while under federal indictment, linking Shabtai to the Epstein intelligence network.

Background & History

Benny Shabtai is an IDF Six-Day War veteran and FIDF national board member who co-founded the Shabtai Society at Yale in 1997 with Rabbi Shmully Hecht. His family sold its 55.

Operational Role in the Network

Within the control network, Benny Shabtai occupies a key position connecting financial, personnel, or enforcement operations. His family sold its 55. 2% stake in Viber to Rakuten for $900M in February 2014.

Documented Actions & Evidence

1997

Benny Shabtai — documented event

Benny Shabtai is an IDF Six-Day War veteran and FIDF national board member who co-founded the Shabtai Society at Yale in 1997 with Rabbi Shmully Hecht.

2014

Benny Shabtai — documented event

2% stake in Viber to Rakuten for $900M in February 2014.

2008

Benny Shabtai — documented event

Jeffrey Epstein flew to Israel with Shabtai in April 2008 while under federal indictment, linking Shabtai to the Epstein intelligence network.

Aliases & Alternative Names

Benjamin Shabtai

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ELNET's Influence Network Investigation.pdf

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echt, Ben Karp, and Senator Cory Booker, and heavily subsidized by billionaire Benny Shabtai—operates as a premier intellectual salon bringing together secular and sectari

Elite Society Legal Pipeline Mapping.pdf

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f 1997, the society's rapid capitalization necessitated a physical transition. Benny Shabtai, an Israeli-American watch distributor and security investor, purchased a town

Epstein Network Talent Shell Audit.pdf

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t in April 2008, Epstein flew on his private aircraft to Israel accompanied by Benny Shabtai, a core Mega Group associate and director of the Friends of the Israel Defense

Epstein-Shabtai Intelligence Network Origins.pdf

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gathering methodologies. The network historically surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, Benny Shabtai, and affiliated entities provides a profound case study in how these domains i

Esoteric Allegory Matrix Construction.pdf

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State Architecture Operated symmetrically by Israeli-American multimillionaire Benny Shabtai and financier Jeffrey Epstein, the network was far from a localized criminal e

FINDINGS from prompt list unfinished.pdf

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d of high finance and philanthropy. An Israeli businessman and philanthropist, Benny Shabtai, alongside his family, provided a gift exceeding $1.5 million to the organizat

How Israel Controls Everything.pdf

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a potential life sentence, Epstein traveled to Israel under the protection of Benny Shabtai. April 2008 Operational Timeline

Investigating Chabad's Global Influence.pdf

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followed a formal $1.7 million donation from Israeli-American multimillionaire Benny Shabtai. The capital injection allowed the society to purchase the historic John C. An

Investigating Epstein's Network and Yale Society.pdf

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rectly to Israel. He did not travel as a private citizen; he traveled alongside Benny Shabtai. Shabtai is an Israeli-American tycoon, the founder of the Raymond Weil U.S. br

Investigating Kompromat Procurement Networks.pdf

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ic state intelligence apparatuses. The Israeli Military-Industrial Complex and Benny Shabtai The most robust geopolitical intersection points directly toward the Israeli d

Music Industry Monopolies and Pop Culture.pdf

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ed into an executive legal and geopolitical pipeline sustained by figures like Benny Shabtai, whose liquidity stemmed from luxury watch distribution and tech investments l

Political Intelligence Network History.pdf

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e's famous secret societies. The society's expansion was heavily bankrolled by Benny Shabtai, an Israeli-American multimillionaire who built his fortune as the exclusive U

The Ghost in the Tunnels_ 5 Forensic Revelations from the Kirk Case That No One is Talking About.pdf

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idge Colby . The society’s mansion was funded by a $1 million subvention from Benny Shabtai , who pocketed $500 million from the sale of the Viber app.Shabtai’s history r

Theological Frameworks and Policy Analysis.pdf

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ver $1 million from Israeli-American multimillionaire businessman and investor Benny Shabtai, after whom the society was subsequently renamed. (Est. 1996 by Hecht, Booke

Transnational Influence, Policy Ingestion, and Institutional Capture_ A Forensic Briefing (2024–2026).pdf

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ounded as the Eliezer Society and renamed following a $1 million donation from Benny Shabtai (facilitator of Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 Israeli military tour), the society fun

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