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

Iran

Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

President Trump said that the withdrawal of non-essential workers and their families was due to the fact that the region ‘could be a dangerous place’

1 min read

President Trump has confirmed that the US will withdraw some of its personnel from Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain amid the threat of an Israeli strike on Iran (Image: Getty)

Hamas has reportedly killed five people in an attack on a bus carrying GHF aid workers (Image: Getty)

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

2 min read

Members of the Conference of European Rabbis at its headquarters in Munich, Germany (Image: CER)

Gathering of top rabbis turned away from Bosnia after minister claimed it would ‘legitimise’ the ‘genocidal’ state of Israel

3 min read

Arizona governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have banned the teaching of antisemitic material in public school (Image: Getty)

Arizona governor vetoes bill banning antisemitic teaching in public schools

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France should recognise Palestine to ‘appease’ Muslim voters, government report claims

The French Interior Ministry advised President Macron to back the move amid the “imminent threat” posed by the Muslim Brotherhood.

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June 10, 2025 15:00

The French Interior Ministry has issued a report suggesting that its government should recognise a Palestinian state in order to 'appease' domestic Muslim voters

Netanyahu approves multi-million dollar defence deals with Qatar

The reported contracts are likely to fuel further scrutiny of the prime minister’s alleged links to the Gulf emirate, which has long been accused of funding terror

1 min read

June 10, 2025 12:54

Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly given three Israeli defence firms approval to strike major deals with Qatar (Image: Getty)

UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

A report from the global body’s inquiry into the Israel-Palestine conflict claimed that the Jewish State was engaged in a ‘concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life’

1 min read

June 10, 2025 10:37

The UN has accused Israel of committing 'extermination' and trying to 'obliterate Palestinian life' in reference to IDF strikes on school facilities in Gaza (Pictured: The aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Yafa school building in Gaza City in April 2025; Image: Getty)

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

More than 300 Foreign Office staff accused Israel of a ‘stark disregard’ for international law in a letter to the foreign secretary

2 min read

June 10, 2025 09:47

Around 300 civil servants at the Foreign Office were told to consider resignation after signing a letter raising concern over the UK's 'complicity' in the Gaza War (Image: Getty)

Board demands answers from BBC over ‘problematic and offensive’ Jeremy Bowen report

The body claimed that the piece analysis Israel’s alleged ‘war crimes’ contained ‘unnecessary’ references to the Holocaust and failed to account for Hamas atrocities

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June 10, 2025 08:52

The Board of Deputies has complained to the BBC over a 'problematic and offensive' analysis piece by BBC News International Editor Jeremy Bowen (Image: BBC In Depth)

Netanyahu coalition on the brink as key Charedi party to vote for Knesset dissolution

Shas has confirmed it will back the motion to end the current parliamentary term on Wednesday, forcing fresh elections, in a row over IDF conscription for yeshiva students

2 min read

June 9, 2025 14:31

The Shas party has confirmed it will vote to dissolve the Knesset in a row over Charedi enlistment in the IDF (Pictured: Shas leader Aryeh Deri; Image: Flash90)

Seized documents ‘show Qatar funded Hamas’ and ‘disrupted Gaza peace deal’

The files, seized from the terror group in Gaza, reportedly contradict the Israeli government’s claims that the Gulf emirate limited its role to humanitarian assistance

2 min read

June 9, 2025 14:25

Documents seized in Gaza reportedly reveal that Qatar was a 'main artery' of Hamas funding in the run-up to October 7 (Pictured: Late emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (centre-right) with Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh (centre-left), on a visit to Gaza in 2012; Image: Getty)

Footage shows Hamas command centre under UN-funded hospital where Sinwar was said to have died

The military released a video of its recovery of what it said was the terror’s chief’s remains after it was condemned by the UN for striking the site

1 min read

June 9, 2025 10:28

The body of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been recovered by the IDF (Image: IDF)

Pro-Palestine activists ‘re-enact October 7’ during ‘resistance festival’

The bizarre street theatre performance seemingly showed the IDF exclusively killing civilians, while presenting Hamas as heroic

1 min read

June 9, 2025 09:46

A group of pro-Palestine activists in Belgium reportedly 're-enacted' October 7 (Image: Instagram/@festivalresistance)

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation insisted that no violence had occurred after reports of shootings at their site in recent days

2 min read

June 6, 2025 15:52

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed its distribution sites amid 'excessive crowding' (Image: Getty)

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Tehran is reportedly rebuilding its conventional arsenal as a contingency for expected limitations on its atomic programme

1 min read

June 6, 2025 15:14

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

The actor was pictured at an event which uncritically cited death toll figures from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, just before his final appearance aired

1 min read

June 6, 2025 13:45

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa was pictured speaking at a pro-Palestine rally two days before he left the show (Image: Instagram/@ChooseLove)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

Gathering of top rabbis turned away from Bosnia after minister claimed it would ‘legitimise’ the ‘genocidal’ state of Israel

Arizona governor vetoes bill banning antisemitic teaching in public schools

More from Jacob Jaffa

France should recognise Palestine to ‘appease’ Muslim voters, government report claims

Netanyahu approves multi-million dollar defence deals with Qatar

UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

Board demands answers from BBC over ‘problematic and offensive’ Jeremy Bowen report

Netanyahu coalition on the brink as key Charedi party to vote for Knesset dissolution

Seized documents ‘show Qatar funded Hamas’ and ‘disrupted Gaza peace deal’

Footage shows Hamas command centre under UN-funded hospital where Sinwar was said to have died

Pro-Palestine activists ‘re-enact October 7’ during ‘resistance festival’

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show