Jacob Jaffa

Assistant News Editor

Jacob Jaffa is the JC's Assistant News Editor. His specialist topics include UK and US politics, the far-right and antisemitism in Europe. You can reach him on jjaffa@thejc.com

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Iran

Iran rejects US ceasefire plan

The Islamic Republic said it had not conducted negotiations with Washington, despite President Trump’s claim that it had agreed to his terms

2 min read

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran on February 10, 2026 (Getty Images)

US President Trump meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on November 18, 2025 (Getty Images)

Saudi Crown Prince pushing for US to continue Iran War

1 min read

Commercial vessels in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz on March 22, 2026, in northern Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (Getty Images)

Iran agrees to partially reopen Strait of Hormuz

1 min read

The scene after four Hatzola ambulances were set on fire next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026, in the Golders Green area of London (Getty Images)

Two arrested over Golders Green Hatzola arson

1 min read

Israel to occupy ‘security zone’ in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah threat neutralised

Defence Minister Israel Katz said local residents would be evacuated, to be allowed back once the terror group had been defeated

3 min read

March 24, 2026 13:39

A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Qasmiyeh bridge over the Litani River in southern Lebanon on March 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

Trump claims Iran agreed to give up nuclear enrichment in ‘productive’ talks

The US president pushed back his threat to strike Iranian power plants by at least five days

2 min read

March 24, 2026 10:35

US President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Pictured: Suspects in Hatzola arson attack as police probe ‘antisemitic hate crime’

Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the Met on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

1 min read

March 23, 2026 09:45

Three men caught on CCTV setting fire to Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green on March 23, 2026 (X/KolHaolam)

Hatzola ambulances set ablaze in ‘antisemitic arson attack’

CST said the incident ‘has obvious comparison to similar recent attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands’

5 min read

March 23, 2026 08:10

Fire services monitor the scene after four Hatzola ambulances were set alight overnight next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iranian man arrested trying to enter British nuclear submarine base

The man, and a woman of unknown nationality, were reportedly detained while ‘acting suspiciously’ outside the MoD site in Scotland

1 min read

March 20, 2026 15:29

HMS Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine, is manoeuvred at HMNB Clyde on March 04, 2025 in Faslane, Scotland (Getty Images)

UAE shuts down ‘Iran-backed terror network’ after Gulf strikes

Emirati authorities said the group was posing as a commercial business and that its members have been arrested

1 min read

March 20, 2026 12:14

A smoke plume rises from a fire near Dubai International Airport following an Iranian strike on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran can no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles, claims Netanyahu

The prime minister also took aim at the ‘fake news’ that Israel forced the US into conflict with the Islamic Republic

2 min read

March 20, 2026 11:10

Prime Minister Netanyahu gives a press conference on March 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

Exclusive: Jewish Guardian staff ‘gaslit’ over ‘progressive antisemitism’ in Gail’s column

Journalists claimed that internal dissent ‘fell on deaf ears’ and that there is a ‘culture of fear’ about raising objections to the paper’s reporting

2 min read

March 19, 2026 16:07

The offices of the Guardian newspaper in central London, pictured in 2013 (Getty Images)

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Qatar has already expelled some Iranian embassy staff after a strike on its largest gas production facility

2 min read

March 19, 2026 14:33

A representative of Qatar delivers a speech on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Cluster munitions hit the territory as the Islamic Republic took aim at Jerusalem

1 min read

March 19, 2026 11:39

A Palestinian civil defence worker inspects the site where shrapnel from projectiles fell in Beit Awa near the West Bank city of Hebron on March 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

The Islamic Republic’s military and security attachés in Doha have been given 24 hours to leave the country

1 min read

March 19, 2026 10:59

Qatar Energy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, pictured on March 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

The president said there would be ‘no more attacks’ on the South Pars site unless Iran launched further aggression towards Qatar

2 min read

March 19, 2026 10:23

US President Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One en route to Miami on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Iran rejects US ceasefire plan

Saudi Crown Prince pushing for US to continue Iran War

Iran agrees to partially reopen Strait of Hormuz

Two arrested over Golders Green Hatzola arson

More from Jacob Jaffa

Israel to occupy ‘security zone’ in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah threat neutralised

Trump claims Iran agreed to give up nuclear enrichment in ‘productive’ talks

Pictured: Suspects in Hatzola arson attack as police probe ‘antisemitic hate crime’

Hatzola ambulances set ablaze in ‘antisemitic arson attack’

Iranian man arrested trying to enter British nuclear submarine base

UAE shuts down ‘Iran-backed terror network’ after Gulf strikes

Iran can no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles, claims Netanyahu

Exclusive: Jewish Guardian staff ‘gaslit’ over ‘progressive antisemitism’ in Gail’s column

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field