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

Yom Yerushalayim

Israeli far-right hijack Jerusalem Day celebrations with ‘death to Arabs’ chants and Temple Mount prayer

Extremists used the occasion to call for Arab villages to be burned and break the ban on Jewish worship at the holy site

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Protestors clashed with police in Jerusalem on Monday after members of the far-right chanted 'death to the Arabs' during Yom Yerushalayim celebrations (Image: Flash90)

UJS deputy Daniel Grossman has resigned from the Board in protest at what he called Israel's 'genocidal assault' on Gaza (Image: UJS)

UJS deputy resigns from Board over ‘genocidal assault’ on Gaza

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Former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption is among 800 lawyers calling on the UK to impose sanctions on Israel (Image: Alamy)

Former Supreme Court justices among 800 lawyers to call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza ‘genocide’

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The Foreign Office has denied claims it funded a humanitarian programme run in coordination with a Hamas-controlled ministry in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Foreign Office denies funding ‘Hamas-linked’ UNICEF programme

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Head of Israel-backed Gaza aid firm resigns over ‘humanitarian principles’

Gaza aid blockade: Head of Israel-backed distribution firm resigns over 'humanitarian principles'

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May 26, 2025 09:06

The executive tasked with leading the new Israeli-backed aid plan in Gaza has resigned, citing 'humanitarian principles'

Netanyahu sets Trump Gaza plan as condition for ending the war

The Israeli PM called the proposal, which would see Gaza’s population relocated to third countries, ‘correct and revolutionary’

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May 22, 2025 14:30

Benjamin Netanyahu has seemingly set the implementation of President Trump's plan for Gaza's future as a pre-condition for ending the war in the Strip (Image: Getty)

Kanye West announces he’s ‘done with antisemitism’ after releasing ‘Heil Hitler’ song

The rapper, who has previously identified as a ‘Nazi’, may have been responding to the shooting of two Jewish diplomats in Washington DC last night

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May 22, 2025 13:28

Kanye West has claimed he is 'done with antisemitism' just weeks after releasing his new single, titled Heil Hitler (Image: Getty)

Who were the two Israeli embassy workers killed in the Washington DC shooting?

Yaron Lichinsky and Sarah Milgrim were reportedly set to be engaged next week but were gunned down outside an American Jewish Committee event

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May 22, 2025 08:56

Member of anti-Israel band Kneecap charged with terror offence over Hezbollah flag clip

Liam O’Hanna, stage name Mo Chara, came under scrutiny after a video emerged of him allegedly yelling ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ at a 2024 gig in London

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May 21, 2025 19:07

New Gaza campaign ‘very close to a war crime’ claims ex-Israeli PM

Ehud Olmert described the conflict as a ‘war without a purpose’ and said death toll on both sides was ‘obnoxious and outrageous’

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May 21, 2025 15:11

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has claimed that the new Gaza offensive is 'very close to a war crime' (Image: Flash90)

‘Career over’ – Independent MP Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic joke in Parliament

Aides to the former Reform UK representative, who lost the whip after a public row with party leadership, are heard asking the camera operator not to include the remark in the final edit

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May 21, 2025 13:28

Independent MP Rupert Lowe has been caught on camera making an antisemitic joke (Image: The Guardian)

‘They are living in hell’ – Freed hostage Edan Alexander confirms Matan Zangauker is alive but in ‘severe distress’

Zangauker’s mother, Einav, has been at the forefront of the hostage campaign since he was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023

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May 21, 2025 09:55

Matan Zangauker is still alive but in 'severe distress', according to the recently freed Edan Alexander (Image: Getty)

Trump wants Netanyahu to ‘wrap up’ Gaza war but will not ‘abandon Israel’

The US President is reported to be growing increasingly impatient with the lack of a peace deal and, in particular, with Jerusalem’s expansionist approach

1 min read

May 21, 2025 09:36

US President Trump is reportedly growing frustrated with Benjamin Netanyahu and wants him to 'wrap up' the Gaza war (Image: Getty)

Anti-Israel band Kneecap ‘threatens to sue’ music agents calling for Glastonbury gig cancellation amid counter-terror probe

A confidential email trail was reportedly leaked to the band, which is now said to be exploring legal actions over the allegedly ‘defamatory’ comments from senior industry figures

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May 20, 2025 15:07

Kneecap has reportedly threatened to sue a group of music agents who called for the band to be dropped from Glastonbury as it faces a counter-terror investigation (Image: Getty)

UK suspends trade deal talks with Israel over new Gaza operation

Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused the Israeli government of ‘isolating Israel from its friends and partners’ through its ‘egregious actions and rhetoric’

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May 20, 2025 14:03

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the suspension of trade talks with Israel over the IDF's new Gaza offensive (Image: Parliament TV)

Vance calls off Israel trip over new Gaza offensive

There is reportedly growing frustration in Washington that a peace deal remains elusive

2 min read

May 20, 2025 13:48

American Vice President JD Vance reportedly called off a mooted trip to Israel over the new IDF offensive in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Israeli far-right hijack Jerusalem Day celebrations with ‘death to Arabs’ chants and Temple Mount prayer

UJS deputy resigns from Board over ‘genocidal assault’ on Gaza

Former Supreme Court justices among 800 lawyers to call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza ‘genocide’

Foreign Office denies funding ‘Hamas-linked’ UNICEF programme

More from Jacob Jaffa

Head of Israel-backed Gaza aid firm resigns over ‘humanitarian principles’

Netanyahu sets Trump Gaza plan as condition for ending the war

Kanye West announces he’s ‘done with antisemitism’ after releasing ‘Heil Hitler’ song

Who were the two Israeli embassy workers killed in the Washington DC shooting?

Member of anti-Israel band Kneecap charged with terror offence over Hezbollah flag clip

New Gaza campaign ‘very close to a war crime’ claims ex-Israeli PM

‘Career over’ – Independent MP Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic joke in Parliament

‘They are living in hell’ – Freed hostage Edan Alexander confirms Matan Zangauker is alive but in ‘severe distress’

Trump wants Netanyahu to ‘wrap up’ Gaza war but will not ‘abandon Israel’

Anti-Israel band Kneecap ‘threatens to sue’ music agents calling for Glastonbury gig cancellation amid counter-terror probe

UK suspends trade deal talks with Israel over new Gaza operation

Vance calls off Israel trip over new Gaza offensive