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

BBC

BBC accused of ‘pushing Hamas lies’ after whistleblower report found Gaza coverage ‘minimised Israeli suffering’

Claims against the Jewish state were allegedly ‘raced to air’ without adequate checks in order to ‘paint Israel as the aggressor’

4 min read

London, UK - People outside the main entrance to the BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House in central London.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (L) at a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee on November 3, 2025 (Flash90)

Knesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terrorists

1 min read

The UN Security Council chamber ahead of a meeting in June 2013 (Getty Images)

Leaked UN resolution to give Trump-led Board of Peace two-year mandate to govern Gaza

1 min read

Merano town centre, South Tyrol, Italy (Image: Jacob Jaffa)

The Italian spa town where the end of the line became a new beginning for Europe’s Jews

5 min read

Dozens of officials from Israel’s largest union arrested in undercover corruption sting

Histadrut chief Arnon Bar-David is reported to be among those detained on suspicion of offences including fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, and tax offences

1 min read

November 3, 2025 11:02

Histadrut chief Arnon Bar-David attends a rally calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza outside the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, September 1, 2024 (Flash90)

IDF’s former top lawyer sparks manhunt after disappearing following resignation over abuse video leak

Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi went missing for several hours and reportedly left a suicide note, before being found alive and well

1 min read

November 3, 2025 10:27

Rescue and police forces search for Military Advocate General Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at Hof HaTzuk Beach in Tel Aviv, November 2, 2025 (Flash90)

Remains of three slain IDF soldiers returned to Israel

The latest release brings the number of hostages remaining in Gaza down to eight

1 min read

November 3, 2025 09:39

(L-R) Colonel Asaf Hamami, Captain Omer Neutra and Staff Sergeant Oz Daniel

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages

The terror group returned three unidentified bodies on Friday, but none have been matched to any of its 11 remaining captives

1 min read

November 2, 2025 10:07

Members of the Red Cross stand amid the rubble of destroyed buildings as heavy machinery operates in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on October 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

Charedi man dies after falling from skyscraper during anti-conscription march

The man is reported to have posted a farewell message on social media before his death.

1 min read

October 31, 2025 11:54

Hundreds of thousands of Charedi Jews attend the 'million man' protest against IDF conscription in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025 (Flash90)

IDF’s top lawyer resigns after admitting role in video leak allegedly showing soldiers abusing detainee

Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi claimed she approved the leak to ‘counter the false propaganda directed against the military law enforcement authorities’

1 min read

October 31, 2025 11:18

Chief Military Advocate Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024 (Flash90)

Hamas releases bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch

Their return brings the number of hostages left in Gaza down to 11

1 min read

October 31, 2025 10:06

Amiram Cooper (L) and Sahar Baruch (Image: Courtesy)

Thousands of Charedim block roads in Jerusalem anti-draft protests

Demonstrators prayed en masse at the entrance to the city, while some pelted reporters covering the protest with plastic bottles and sticks.

1 min read

October 30, 2025 13:57

Thousands of ultra orthodox Jews attend the 'million man' protest against IDF conscription, in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025 (Flash90)

Knesset advances bill to split attorney-general’s powers

The measure has been backed by several ministers amid a long-running row over the government’s attempts to sack Gali Baharav-Miara

1 min read

October 30, 2025 09:59

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on September 30, 2025 (Image: Flash90)

Neo-Nazi groups bail Georgia man arrested over assault while dressed as SS officer for Halloween

The woman he is alleged to have attacked called the costume a ‘blatant attempt to instill fear and create outrage’

1 min read

October 29, 2025 15:55

Kenneth Leland Morgan is arrested after an alleged assault in Athens, Georgia (Image: X/StopAntisemitism)

Harvard conservative magazine suspended after ‘echoing Hitler’ in ‘blood and soil’ article

The outlet’s editor insisted that any resemblance between the piece and the Nazi leader’s infamous 1939 Reichstag speech was unintended

1 min read

October 29, 2025 14:59

Athletes row under the John W. Weeks Footbridge passing Harvard University campus during the Head of the Charles Regatta 2025 on October 18, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Getty Images)

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder claims parent company blocked development of ‘flavour for Palestine’

Ben Cohen is now going ahead with the project independently, and taking recipe suggestions from the public

1 min read

October 29, 2025 12:06

Ben and Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen announces the planned creation of an independently-made 'flavour for Palestine' (Instagram/Ben Cohen)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

BBC accused of ‘pushing Hamas lies’ after whistleblower report found Gaza coverage ‘minimised Israeli suffering’

Knesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terrorists

Leaked UN resolution to give Trump-led Board of Peace two-year mandate to govern Gaza

The Italian spa town where the end of the line became a new beginning for Europe’s Jews

More from Jacob Jaffa

Dozens of officials from Israel’s largest union arrested in undercover corruption sting

IDF’s former top lawyer sparks manhunt after disappearing following resignation over abuse video leak

Remains of three slain IDF soldiers returned to Israel

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages

Charedi man dies after falling from skyscraper during anti-conscription march

IDF’s top lawyer resigns after admitting role in video leak allegedly showing soldiers abusing detainee

Hamas releases bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch

Thousands of Charedim block roads in Jerusalem anti-draft protests

Knesset advances bill to split attorney-general’s powers

Neo-Nazi groups bail Georgia man arrested over assault while dressed as SS officer for Halloween

Harvard conservative magazine suspended after ‘echoing Hitler’ in ‘blood and soil’ article

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder claims parent company blocked development of ‘flavour for Palestine’