Jacob Jaffa

Jacob Jaffa is the JC's Digital 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

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Iran

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

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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)

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

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

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

Hatzola ambulances set ablaze in ‘antisemitic arson attack’

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

Iranian man arrested trying to enter British nuclear submarine base

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

Jewish football journalist shares photos at Gail’s amid row over Guardian colleague’s ‘disgusting’ column

Jacob Steinberg posted images of a challah loaf after Jonathan Liew’s column claimed that the bakery’s presence near a Palestinian café in Archway was ‘an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression’

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March 18, 2026 15:44

Photo of a Gail's challah shared by Guardian journalist Jacob Steinberg (X/JacobSteinberg)

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

The president, who is suing the corporation over a separate complaint about its coverage of the 2020 election, called the tone of its reporting on the conflict ‘unbelievable’

1 min read

March 18, 2026 11:43

US President Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Elderly couple killed in cluster bomb strike on Ramat Gan

The strike was launched as revenge for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani

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March 18, 2026 10:53

Israeli security and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene of a missile strike in Ramat Gan, central Israel on March 18, 2026 (Flash90)

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

The US and Iran have traded blame for the incident, which local authorities say killed 168 people

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March 17, 2026 15:14

This picture, obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israeli journalist sent death threats by ‘prediction market’ speculators over Iran missile report

Emanuel Fabian was allegedly pressured to change details of his coverage in an apparent attempt to manipulate the outcome of online bets

1 min read

March 17, 2026 15:04

Times of Israel military correspondent Emanuel Fabian, pictured on November 20, 2024 (Flash90)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

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

More from Jacob Jaffa

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

Jewish football journalist shares photos at Gail’s amid row over Guardian colleague’s ‘disgusting’ column

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

Elderly couple killed in cluster bomb strike on Ramat Gan

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

Israeli journalist sent death threats by ‘prediction market’ speculators over Iran missile report