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

Israel

Jewish MP among delegation blocked from entering Israel

Dr Peter Prinsley, as well as fellow Labour backbencher Simon Opher, were due to hold meetings with British diplomats and Israeli and Palestinian officials

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Bury St Edmunds MP Dr Peter Prinsley (Image: YouTube/Welovebse)

SushiDog founders Nick Goldstein (L) and Greg Ilsen (R) at one of their stores in September 2024 (Image: Mariam Osman)

The Immanuel boys building a UK sushi empire

3 min read

Pro-Palestine protestors block the road during Stage 21 of La Vuelta a España in Madrid on September 14, 2025 (Image: YouTube/FloBikes)

Final stage of La Vuelta cycling race cancelled amid pro-Palestine crowd protests

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Prime Minister Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on August 10, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu denies intentionally prolonging Gaza War in rare long-form interview

1 min read

Man arrested in connection with faeces attacks against Golders Green Jewish sites

Seven community-linked properties, including synagogues, private homes and nurseries, were smeared with excrement in recent weeks

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September 12, 2025 13:58

A synagogue and nursery in Golders Green smeared with excrement on September 10 2025 (Image: Shomrim)

Dozens of Israeli actors hit by Iranian phishing scam

The victims were sent fake emails offering them a part in a new film

1 min read

September 12, 2025 09:44

Phishing scams involve the use of fake emails or texts to trick victims into handing over personal data (Image: Getty)

‘The Klan is actually a little better’ – Jerry Seinfeld compares ‘Free Palestine’ movement to KKK

The comedian was speaking at college event with a former hostage when he made the comments

1 min read

September 11, 2025 10:50

Jerry Seinfeld has been outspokenly pro-Israel since the Gaza war broke out in October 2023 (Image: Getty)

Israel hit Qatar after ‘scrapping Turkey strike due to Nato membership’

Pro-Hezbollah outlet Al-Akhbar reported that Israel changed its plans to assassinate Hamas leaders in order to avoid falling out with Washington

1 min read

September 11, 2025 10:48

A pedestrian looks at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar on Septemer 9, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu compares Doha strike to Bin Laden assassination in 9/11 memorial speech

The prime minister was speaking ahead of the 24th anniversary of the Al Qaeda terrorist attacks

1 min read

September 11, 2025 09:23

Prime Minister Netanyahu compared the strike on Hamas leaders in Doha to the assassination of Osama bin Laden (Image: GPO)

Another shul targeted in seventh antisemitic faeces attack

A series of Jewish sites have been smeared with excrement in recent weeks

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September 11, 2025 08:09

An eighth Jewish site in Golders Green has been smeared in excrement as part of a series of antisemitic attacks (Image: Shomrim)

Why can’t the BBC bring itself to call Hamas terrorists?

This week’s Jerusalem assailants were described as ‘gunmen’ and the only use of the word ‘terrorist’ was attributed as an Israeli claim

1 min read

September 10, 2025 15:00

The BBC did not label the Jerusalem mass shooting as a terrorist attack, instead attributing this as a claim made by Israeli officials (Image: Flash90)

Herzog to warn Starmer against ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’

The two leaders will meet later today as part of the Israeli president’s official visit to the UK

2 min read

September 10, 2025 14:10

President Isaac Herzog attends a ceremony held at a memorial site honouring the victims of the October 7th massacre in Kfar Aza, July 15, 2025 (Image: Flash90) כפר עזה

‘I f****** it’- Giles Coren apologises for article on ‘piddling’ antisemitism

The columnist compared ‘a bit of name-calling and some rude graffiti look’ to ‘the horrors visited upon Gaza’

2 min read

September 10, 2025 10:59

Giles Coren has apologised after referring to antisemitism as 'piddling' in a recent column (Image: John Nguyen/JNVisuals)

White House condemns Doha strike as Israeli ‘optimism’ fades

Latest reports suggest that officials in Jerusalem believe they may not have eliminated senior Hamas targets, despite earlier reports to the contrary

2 min read

September 10, 2025 09:15

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt expressed the Trump administration's displeasure at Israel's strike on Doha (Image: Getty)

Israeli-Russian student kidnapped in Iraq freed after two years

US President Trump claimed that Elizabeth Tsurkov had been tortured

1 min read

September 10, 2025 08:22

Israeli-Russian student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been freed two years after being kidnapped by an Iraqi militia (Image: X/@ARED_ALHOR)

Hamas’ top political leader ‘killed in Israeli strike’ on Doha

Khalil al-Hayya, the leader of the group’s political wing, is believed to have died in the attack on a meeting of its senior commanders to discuss the latest ceasefire proposal

2 min read

September 9, 2025 13:29

Israel has confirmed launching strikes on Doha, Qatar against Hamas leadership (Image: X/@AdameMedia)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Jewish MP among delegation blocked from entering Israel

The Immanuel boys building a UK sushi empire

Final stage of La Vuelta cycling race cancelled amid pro-Palestine crowd protests

Netanyahu denies intentionally prolonging Gaza War in rare long-form interview

More from Jacob Jaffa

Man arrested in connection with faeces attacks against Golders Green Jewish sites

Dozens of Israeli actors hit by Iranian phishing scam

‘The Klan is actually a little better’ – Jerry Seinfeld compares ‘Free Palestine’ movement to KKK

Israel hit Qatar after ‘scrapping Turkey strike due to Nato membership’

Netanyahu compares Doha strike to Bin Laden assassination in 9/11 memorial speech

Another shul targeted in seventh antisemitic faeces attack

Why can’t the BBC bring itself to call Hamas terrorists?

Herzog to warn Starmer against ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’

‘I f****** it’- Giles Coren apologises for article on ‘piddling’ antisemitism

White House condemns Doha strike as Israeli ‘optimism’ fades

Israeli-Russian student kidnapped in Iraq freed after two years

Hamas’ top political leader ‘killed in Israeli strike’ on Doha