TEL AVIV, Israel: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his years-long friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that included regular correspondence, multiple visits to the disgraced financier’s Manhattan apartment and one to his private island. The former Israeli leader has not been implicated in Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls and faces no accusations of wrongdoing.

Ehud Barak, whose relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein spanned 15 years, says he regrets ever meeting him.

TEL AVIV, Israel: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his years-long friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that included regular…