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

Wes Streeting

Health Secretary condemns medical regulator for ‘failing publicly and abysmally’ on NHS antisemitism

Wes Streeting said he would ‘haul in’ the leadership of the General Medical Council to demand an explanation for the failings

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has condemned the UK's medical regulator, the GMC, for 'failing publicly and abysmally' on the issue of NHS antisemitism (Image: Getty)

Israel has launched strikes against Syrian troops entering the Druze city of Sweida (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu calls for calm as Israeli Druze flock into Syria amid sectarian violence

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Unite the Union has voted to back workers who refuse to manufacture, handle or transport weapons they believe are bound for Israel (Pictured: Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham; Image: Getty)

Unite union votes to support UK workers who refuse to handle weapons bound for Israel

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The United Torah Judaism party has confirmed its withdrawal from the governing coalition amid a row over the conscription of yeshiva students (Pictured: UTJ leader Yitzchak Goldknopf; Image: Getty)

Netanyahu coalition facing collapse following UTJ withdrawal

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Ofcom open investigation into BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son

The new probe was announced after the BBC’s own independent review found ‘no breach’ of its impartiality rules

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July 15, 2025 09:23

Ofcom has announced an investigation into the BBC's Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone documentary (Image: Getty)

BBC Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official could return after investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules

The corporation said it remains ‘keen to tell the stories of those featured’ in the film, despite its chair calling the resulting row a ‘dagger to the heart’ of its reputation

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July 14, 2025 11:47

The BBC has indicated that its controversial documentary about Gaza, which was found to be narrated by the son of a Hamas official, could return to the iPlayer in an edited form (Image: Getty)

BBC investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules over Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official

The probe found that the film violated guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose the teen’s family links to terror, but that no other rules were broken

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July 14, 2025 11:21

A report into the BBC's airing of Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has found that the corporation did not breach its impartiality requirements (Image: Getty)

US national ‘beaten to death’ by West Bank settlers, family says

Relatives of Saif al-Din Kamil Abdul Karim Musalat have called on the US State Department to investigate his alleged murder

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July 14, 2025 09:34

Saif Musallet was beaten to death during violent clashes with Israeli settlers in the West Bank, according to his family (Image: X/@ninaturner)

IDF lawyers ‘raised concerns’ about plans to confine Gazans to new ‘humanitarian city’

Proponents claim the proposal will help to destroy Hamas and end the war

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July 11, 2025 14:19

The IDF's legal branch has reportedly raised concerns about Defence Minister Israel Katz's plan to relocate Gaza's entire population to a new 'humanitarian city' in Rafah

IDF strike on medical centre ‘under review’ after civilian casualties

The military said it was targeting a terrorist involved in the October 7 attacks, but several children are also believed to have died

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July 11, 2025 10:42

The IDF confirmed a strike in Deir al-Balah on Thursday is 'under review' after reports of civilian casualties (Pictured: Rubble following an earlier strike in the Deir al-Balah area on July 1; Image: Getty)

Former Israeli chief rabbi suggests IDF deaths are linked to ‘neglecting’ Torah study

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the influential spiritual leader of the Shas party, made the comments following the deaths of five soldiers from a strictly-Orthodox unit

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July 11, 2025 10:09

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemingly suggested that the deaths of five Charedi soldiers were related to a 'neglect' of Torah study (Image: Flash90)

Exclusive: I gave birth in a bomb shelter as Iranian missiles fell around me

British-born Natalie Seeff welcomed her newborn son in remarkable circumstances last month

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July 10, 2025 10:51

Natalie Seeff welcomed her third son in a bomb shelter during Israel's war with Iran

Google co-founder claims UN is ‘transparently antisemitic’ following report on tech firms’ role in Gaza War

Sergey Brin hit back at the global body’s claim that his company had profited from “genocide”

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July 9, 2025 13:49

Google co-founder Sergey Brin claimed that the UN is 'transparently antisemitic' on an internal staff forum (Image: Getty)

Jewish anti-Zionist group shares post honouring PFLP terrorist as ‘resistance writer’

IfNotNow’s New York branch memorialised Ghassan Kanafani, whose group orchestrated the 1972 Lod Airport Massacre which claimed 26 lives

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July 9, 2025 12:01

Ghassan Kanafani was a novelist and PFLP spokesman who announced the group's responsibility for the 1972 Lod Airport Massacre (Image: X/@PlutoPress)

Grok spouts Nazi propaganda and calls itself ‘Mechahitler’ after right-wing ‘update’

X boss Elon Musk said last month that the AI chatbot would be ‘fixed’ after users complained it was too progressive

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July 9, 2025 09:56

Grok, X's built-in AI chatbot, started praising Hitler and sharing antisemitic comments following a right-wing 'fix' promised by platform boss Elon Musk (Image: Getty)

Yair Golan claims far-right ministers are ‘not Zionists’ and ‘not Jews’ over reactions to IDF deaths

The former IDF deputy chief of staff turned leftist MK lashed out at Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, accusing them of ‘dancing on the blood’ of five Charedi soldiers killed by a roadside bomb

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July 8, 2025 10:38

Yair Golan has claimed that far-right ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are 'not Jews' after accusing them of politicising the deaths of five Charedi IDF soldiers (Image: Flash90)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Health Secretary condemns medical regulator for ‘failing publicly and abysmally’ on NHS antisemitism

Netanyahu calls for calm as Israeli Druze flock into Syria amid sectarian violence

Unite union votes to support UK workers who refuse to handle weapons bound for Israel

Netanyahu coalition facing collapse following UTJ withdrawal

More from Jacob Jaffa

Ofcom open investigation into BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son

BBC Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official could return after investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules

BBC investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules over Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official

US national ‘beaten to death’ by West Bank settlers, family says

IDF lawyers ‘raised concerns’ about plans to confine Gazans to new ‘humanitarian city’

IDF strike on medical centre ‘under review’ after civilian casualties

Former Israeli chief rabbi suggests IDF deaths are linked to ‘neglecting’ Torah study

Exclusive: I gave birth in a bomb shelter as Iranian missiles fell around me

Google co-founder claims UN is ‘transparently antisemitic’ following report on tech firms’ role in Gaza War

Jewish anti-Zionist group shares post honouring PFLP terrorist as ‘resistance writer’

Grok spouts Nazi propaganda and calls itself ‘Mechahitler’ after right-wing ‘update’

Yair Golan claims far-right ministers are ‘not Zionists’ and ‘not Jews’ over reactions to IDF deaths