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

Israeli Politics

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

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

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

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

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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)

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

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

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

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Israel announces resumption of ceasefire following Gaza strikes

The IDF said the strikes were prompted by numerous Hamas violations of the truce

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October 29, 2025 09:41

Smoke rises after an Israeli army strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on October 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Cornell student paper retracts cover art featuring ‘Holocaust inversion’ image

The illustration depicted a bloodied Star of David with a Nazi symbol in the centre carved into the back of a Palestinian woman

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October 28, 2025 14:46

Cornell student paper retracts cover art featuring ‘Holocaust inversion’ image

Yeshiva students co-opt hostage symbols for anti-conscription protest

Hundreds of young Charedi boys gathered outside a West Bank detention facility in wearing yellow hats bearing the slogan ‘bring him back to yeshiva’

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October 28, 2025 14:10

Yeshiva students protest the detention of Ariel Shamai on October 27, 2025 (Image: X)

‘He was about to shoot me’: Freed hostage reveals how he prevented his own execution in Gaza tunnels

Yosef Haim Ohana also detailed the brutal regime of beatings dished out by his Hamas captors

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October 28, 2025 10:15

Yosef Haim Ohana in an Israeli TV interview following his release from Gaza (Image: Channel 12)

Hamas returns remains of deceased hostage already recovered by IDF two years ago

The group has also been accused of staging the discovery of the body for the benefit of Red Cross observers

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October 28, 2025 09:59

State of emergency in southern Israel lifted for the first time since October 7

‘The decision reflects the new security reality,’ said Defence Minister Israel Katz

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October 27, 2025 11:50

Israeli defense minister Yisrael Katz attends the state ceremony marking 52 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on October 5, 2025 (Flash90)

Unifil shoots down IDF surveillance drone in Lebanon

The force also accused the IDF of dropping a grenade near one of its patrols, which the military is now investigating.

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October 27, 2025 10:36

UNIFIL forces inspect damage in the village of Kfarshuba in southern Lebanon on February 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Former chief rabbi of Israel calls father of fallen IDF soldier a ‘heretic’ in Charedi conscription row

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef suggested that he would not join a minyan with Rabbi Tamir Granot over his views

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October 27, 2025 10:16

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 07, 2025 (Flash90)

Hamas will only disarm ‘if occupation ends’, claims political chief

Khalil al-Hayya also claimed that Hamas has reached a governance agreement with Fatah, contrary to a statement from the PA

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October 27, 2025 10:03

Hamas political bureau co-chair Khalil al-Hayya (R) holds a press conference during a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus on October 19, 2022 (Image: Getty)

Hamas officials can reach 10 of the 13 remaining hostages, Israeli officials tell Vance

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused the terror group of delaying releases to stave off its own disarmament

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October 24, 2025 10:26

US Vice President JD Vance delivers a statement to the media at Israel's ceasefire coordination centre near Kiryat Gat on October 21, 2025 (Flash90)

Saudi Arabia likely to join Abraham Accords by end of year, says Trump

The presidents comments were published shortly before an Israeli minister apologised for ‘inappropriate’ comments he made about the Gulf kingdom

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October 24, 2025 09:38

US President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Getty Images)

International Olympic Committee orders Indonesia boycott after Israel athletes denied visas

The head of Israel’s Olympic Committee praised the decision as ‘a clear message against Indonesia’s disgraceful behaviour’

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October 23, 2025 12:14

IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the presidential handover ceremony at Olympic House on June 23, 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland (Image: Getty Images)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

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’

More from Jacob Jaffa

Israel announces resumption of ceasefire following Gaza strikes

Cornell student paper retracts cover art featuring ‘Holocaust inversion’ image

Yeshiva students co-opt hostage symbols for anti-conscription protest

‘He was about to shoot me’: Freed hostage reveals how he prevented his own execution in Gaza tunnels

Hamas returns remains of deceased hostage already recovered by IDF two years ago

State of emergency in southern Israel lifted for the first time since October 7

Unifil shoots down IDF surveillance drone in Lebanon

Former chief rabbi of Israel calls father of fallen IDF soldier a ‘heretic’ in Charedi conscription row

Hamas will only disarm ‘if occupation ends’, claims political chief

Hamas officials can reach 10 of the 13 remaining hostages, Israeli officials tell Vance

Saudi Arabia likely to join Abraham Accords by end of year, says Trump

International Olympic Committee orders Indonesia boycott after Israel athletes denied visas