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

Israel

Passengers kiss the ground as first El Al repatriation flight touches down in Israel

Thousands of Israelis have been left stranded abroad after the war with Iran shut down the country’s airspace

2 min read

The first repatriation flight for Israelis stranded abroad by the Iran-Israel War has landed at Ben-Gurion Airport (Image: Flash90)

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara has been released on bail after an initial hearing into the terror charge against him (Image: Getty)

Kneecap frontman Mo Chara bailed after terror charge hearing

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President Trump reportedly 'seriously considered' direct strikes against Iran during the latest meeting of the National Security Council (Image: Getty)

Trump ‘seriously considers’ Iran strikes as Israel eyes ‘regime change’

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Israel is filing 'court petitions' against the French government after defence firms were blocked from displaying freely at the Paris Air Show this week (Image: X/@Amirmizroch)

Israel suing French government over ‘antisemitic’ Paris Air Show snub for defence firms

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I’ve been called a ‘Zionist baby killer’ for wearing hostage pin, reveals Jason Isaacs

The White Lotus star revealed why he feels a responsibility to advocate for those still in Hamas captivity and gave his view on the Gaza War

2 min read

June 17, 2025 13:56

Jason Isaacs has revealed some of the abuse he has suffered just for wearing a yellow hostage pin on the red carpet (Image: Getty)

Israelis targeted by fake texts ordering them to avoid bomb shelters as Iranian missiles fell

The messages are part of a ‘psychological warfare campaign’ designed to ‘sow widespread panic’, according to authorities

1 min read

June 17, 2025 11:16

Israelis have been targeted with fake texts encouraging them to avoid bomb shelters (Image: Flash90)

Trump hints at direct US involvement in Iran war amid sudden G7 exit

The president urged residents of Tehran to evacuate and said he was working on something ‘much bigger’ than a ceasefire

2 min read

June 17, 2025 10:09

President Trump has seemingly been sending mixed messages over the prospect of direct US involvement in the Iran-Israel war (Image: Getty)

‘Free Palestine’ brick thrown through window of kosher grocer

Police are investigating the attack, which has been labeled an ‘attack on the Jewish community’

2 min read

June 16, 2025 15:33

A kosher grocery in Boston had its front window smashed after masked assailants hurled a 'free Palestine' brick through the glass (Image: Brookline Police)

Iran ‘sends urgent message’ asking for end of war with Israel and renewal of nuclear talks

The plea from the ‘battered’ regime came as the IDF struck parts of Tehran in an unprecedented operation

2 min read

June 16, 2025 14:28

Officials in Iran have reportedly sent an 'urgent message' to Israel and the US calling for the end of hostilities and a renewal of nuclear talks (Image: Getty)

Rescue flights for Israelis stranded abroad to start on Thursday

El Al confirmed it had received over 60,000 applications after opening a registration system fro those stuck overseas

2 min read

June 16, 2025 13:39

An Israeli El Al passenger plane is parked at a gate at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv on June 9, 2025. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli arms manufacturers blocked from displaying at Paris Air Show

Organisers built a solid black wall to prevent the Israeli delegation from displaying weapons, while allowing firms from other countries to do so

2 min read

June 16, 2025 12:43

Israeli arms manufacturers were walled off from customers at the Paris Air Show, allegedly at the request of the French government (Image: Israeli Defence Ministry)

IDF destroyed 1/3 of Iran’s missile launchers after Tel Aviv strikes

The military also confirmed the elimination of several senior Iranian officials, including the head of the IRGC

2 min read

June 16, 2025 12:41

The IDF has claimed that it has destroyed a third of Iran's missile launch sites (Pictured: Fires burn at the Shahran oil depot after an Israeli strike; Image: Getty)

‘Ghost of Al-Qassam’ with $750k bounty on his head named as new Hamas leader

Az al-Din Haddad reportedly speaks Hebrew and keeps photos of Israeli hostages on his phone after helping to plan the October 7, 2023 massacres

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June 13, 2025 10:59

Az al-Din Haddad, known as the 'Ghost of Al-Qassam', has reportedly been named the new leader of Hamas in Gaza (Image: screengrab from Hamas video)

Fears for Jewish schools as parents lose legal challenge to Labour’s VAT tax raid

The High Court rejected the claim, brought by a number of children, parents and education providers, that the tax measures would violate human rights law

2 min read

June 13, 2025 10:29

The High Court has ruled against a legal challenge against the government's imposition of VAT on private schools (Image: Getty)

Son of Iran’s last monarch calls for overthrow of Khameinei regime following Israel strikes

Reza Pahlavi accused the Islamic Republic’s ‘corrupt and incompetent’ leaders of ‘embroiling Iran in a war’

1 min read

June 13, 2025 09:23

Prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah of Iran, has called for the overthrow of the Khameini regime following Israel's strikes on his country (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu avoids coalition collapse with last-minute Charedi draft deal

The prime minister’s position is safe for now, but the concessions given up to keep coalition partners onside have sparked a fresh row with IDF reservists

2 min read

June 12, 2025 13:48

Benjamin Netanyahu successfully staved off fresh elections after brokering a compromise with the Charedi parties in the coalition (Image: Flash90)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Passengers kiss the ground as first El Al repatriation flight touches down in Israel

Kneecap frontman Mo Chara bailed after terror charge hearing

Trump ‘seriously considers’ Iran strikes as Israel eyes ‘regime change’

Israel suing French government over ‘antisemitic’ Paris Air Show snub for defence firms

More from Jacob Jaffa

I’ve been called a ‘Zionist baby killer’ for wearing hostage pin, reveals Jason Isaacs

Israelis targeted by fake texts ordering them to avoid bomb shelters as Iranian missiles fell

Trump hints at direct US involvement in Iran war amid sudden G7 exit

‘Free Palestine’ brick thrown through window of kosher grocer

Iran ‘sends urgent message’ asking for end of war with Israel and renewal of nuclear talks

Rescue flights for Israelis stranded abroad to start on Thursday

Israeli arms manufacturers blocked from displaying at Paris Air Show

IDF destroyed 1/3 of Iran’s missile launchers after Tel Aviv strikes

‘Ghost of Al-Qassam’ with $750k bounty on his head named as new Hamas leader

Fears for Jewish schools as parents lose legal challenge to Labour’s VAT tax raid

Son of Iran’s last monarch calls for overthrow of Khameinei regime following Israel strikes

Netanyahu avoids coalition collapse with last-minute Charedi draft deal