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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Israel

Encyclopaedia Britannica edits kids’ page featuring map that ‘erased’ Israel

The image labelled the entirety of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank as ‘Palestine’, which it defined as the region ‘between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea’

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Screenshot of the Encyclopædia Britannica site featuring a map labelling Israel, Gaza and the West Bank as 'Palestine'

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting with US President Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on September 23, 2024 (Getty Images)

UAE reportedly poised to take over control of civil administration in Gaza

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Gal Hirsch, coordinator for the hostages and the missing in the Prime Minister's Office, during a press conferene in Jerusalem on January 27, 2026 (Flash90)

Hostage families call for chief negotiator to resign after claiming pro-deal protests ‘helped Hamas’

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Green Party's Gorton and Denton By-election Candidate Hannah Spencer makes a speech on January 30 (Photo by Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images)

Green candidate for Gorton and Denton by-election appears to compare Gaza War to Holocaust

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Israel confirms reopening date for Rafah Crossing following recovery of final hostage

The key border post will be open only for the ‘limited movement of people’ and not for humanitarian aid convoys

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January 30, 2026 11:57

Trucks carrying aid at the Rafah Crossing on January 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

PA paid out $200m in pay-for-slay despite pledge to end scheme, US claims

The State Department reportedly filed evidence to Congress that the programme, which provides funding to the families of convicted terrorists, continued under a different name

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January 30, 2026 10:56

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

Charedi draft bill to face Knesset votes following committee approval

The coalition needs to pass the contentious legislation before the end of March, or it faces a rebellion over the state budget and a fresh round of elections

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January 29, 2026 11:15

Boaz Bismuth MK leads a Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee meeting at the Knesset on January 27, 2026 (Flash90)

EU set to list IRGC as terror group

The bloc is preparing to implement stringent new sanctions on Tehran following a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests

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January 29, 2026 10:26

EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to journalists upon arrival for a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

‘He refused to stand aside’: Netanyahu and Herzog hail bravery of Ran Gvili during final hostage’s funeral

The prime minister also announced that a new town, named Renanim, would be established in Ran’s honour close to his home of Meitar

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January 28, 2026 13:16

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the funeral of Ran Gvili in Meitar on January 28, 2026 (Flash90)

Former Biden aide calls Netanyahu ‘ungrateful’ over claim US arms embargo led to IDF deaths

The prime minister also took aim at Saudi Arabia during a rare press conference on Tuesday

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January 28, 2026 11:35

US President Biden meets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 (Getty Images)

Infant dies after ‘incident’ at unlicensed Tel Aviv nursery

The tragedy is the third death this month connected with unofficial daycares

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January 28, 2026 11:03

The cityscape of downtown Tel-Aviv at dusk (Getty Images)

Trump claims Iran ‘wants to talk’ as ‘armada’ arrives in Gulf

The US has diverted an aircraft carrier to regional waters, with the vessel entering ‘ghost mode’ to avoid targeting satellites

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January 27, 2026 15:52

US President Donald Trump gestures after holding a signing ceremony for the Board of Peace at World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 22, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland (Getty Images)

US to offer ‘amnesty’ to Hamas fighters who lay down their weapons

Prime Minister Netanyahu told the Knesset on Monday that ‘demilitarisation’ and not ‘reconstruction’ will be the next step in the Gaza peace process

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January 27, 2026 15:24

Hamas terrorists stand near an ICRC vehicle in Gaza City on November 2, 2025 (Getty Images)

Bennett files police complaint against Likud over ‘manipulated’ photo

The image shows the Blue and White chair, as well as Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, celebrating with Arab party leaders, but neither was present at the meeting in question

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January 27, 2026 13:14

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a march in Jerusalem supporting of the conscription of Charedim into the IDF on January 15, 2026 (Flash90)

Wounded Fauda star Idan Amedi participated in operation to recover Ran Gvili’s body

Amedi was badly injured in an explosion while serving in the combat engineering corps in 2024

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January 27, 2026 11:07

Israeli singer and actor Idan Amedi attends the funeral of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, whose body had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza since 2014, at the Kfar Saba military cemetery on November 11, 2025 (Flash90)

‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostage

Ran’s parents, Itzik and Talik, hailed his selfless sacrifice on October 7 as they met his coffin, which returned from Gaza draped in the Israeli flag

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January 27, 2026 10:43

Itzik Gvili meets the coffin containing his son Ran's body at the IDF's Nahal Base on January 26, 2026 (Israel Police)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Encyclopaedia Britannica edits kids’ page featuring map that ‘erased’ Israel

UAE reportedly poised to take over control of civil administration in Gaza

Hostage families call for chief negotiator to resign after claiming pro-deal protests ‘helped Hamas’

Green candidate for Gorton and Denton by-election appears to compare Gaza War to Holocaust

More from Jacob Jaffa

Israel confirms reopening date for Rafah Crossing following recovery of final hostage

PA paid out $200m in pay-for-slay despite pledge to end scheme, US claims

Charedi draft bill to face Knesset votes following committee approval

EU set to list IRGC as terror group

‘He refused to stand aside’: Netanyahu and Herzog hail bravery of Ran Gvili during final hostage’s funeral

Former Biden aide calls Netanyahu ‘ungrateful’ over claim US arms embargo led to IDF deaths

Infant dies after ‘incident’ at unlicensed Tel Aviv nursery

Trump claims Iran ‘wants to talk’ as ‘armada’ arrives in Gulf

US to offer ‘amnesty’ to Hamas fighters who lay down their weapons

Bennett files police complaint against Likud over ‘manipulated’ photo

Wounded Fauda star Idan Amedi participated in operation to recover Ran Gvili’s body

‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostage