Become a Member
Jacob Jaffa

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

Sara Netanyahu

Sara Netanyahu caught saying ‘fewer’ than 24 hostages remain alive

The hot mic moment prompted anger from hostage groups, which demanded clarification of the government’s figures

1 min read
Sara Netanyahu was picked up on her husband's microphone saying that 'fewer' than 24 hostages remain alive in Gaza, which would conflict with Israel's official estimate (Image: Flash90)
Israel's embassy in the UK was the suspected target of an alleged Iranian plot (Image: Getty)

One charged after ‘Keffiyeh-clad’ knifeman launches ‘attempted terror attack’ on Israel’s UK embassy

1 min read
ICC lead prosecutor Karim Khan is understood to be seeking more arrest warrants against Israeli officials (Image: Getty)

ICC chief prosecutor seeking more arrest warrants against Israel

2 min read
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar has announced he will resign on June 15 (Image: Flash90)

Shin Bet chief announces resignation amid public spat with Netanyahu

1 min read

Nike apologises over ‘never again’ slogan on marathon billboard

1 min read

||

April 29, 2025 11:19
Nike has apologised for using the phrase 'never again' on one of its London Marathon billboards (Image: X)

NYPD launches investigation after Charedim clash with pro-Palestine protestors outside shul

2 min read

||

April 28, 2025 13:20
A pro-Palestine protestor was followed by a crowd of Charedi men, some of whom chanted 'death to Arabs' as she was escorted by a police officer in New York City (Image: X)

ICJ opens hearings into Israel’s aid duties in Gaza

2 min read

||

April 28, 2025 11:05
The ICJ has opened five days of hearings into Israel's compliance with its humanitarian obligations in Gaza, including its ban on Unrwa (Image: Getty)

Labour MP shares post accusing Prime Minister of ‘taking Israel’s money and orders’

2 min read

||

April 28, 2025 09:49
Labour MP Clive Lewis shared a tweet accusing the Prime Minister of 'taking Israel's money and orders'

IDF admits responsibility for death of UN worker after targeting error

1 min read

||

April 25, 2025 14:01
The IDF has admitted it struck a UN facility in March, killing a UN worker (stock image, credit: Getty)

US scraps Unrwa’s legal immunity in major reversal of Biden-era policy

2 min read

||

April 25, 2025 10:50
The US has removed Unrwa's legal immunity, allowing Americans to sue the agency in federal court (Pictured: Unrwa Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini; Image: Getty)

Appeals court freezes ICC case against Israel

2 min read

||

April 25, 2025 09:56
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has frozen its case against Israel while a review of its jurisdiction is heard (Image: Getty)

Syria ‘willing’ to join Abraham Accords, claims Trump ally

2 min read

||

April 24, 2025 15:32
Syria's leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa has expressed willingness for his country to join the Abraham Accords, according to a US Representative newly returned from talks in Damascus (Image: Getty)

In pictures: Hostages and Holocaust survivors march through Auschwitz to mark Yom Hashoah

2 min read

||

April 24, 2025 14:26
The presidents of Israel and Poland, as well as ten former Hamas hostages including Eli Sharabi (centre), were among the crowds (Image: Getty)

Pro-Palestine protestors hurl bottles at Ben-Gvir after speech

2 min read

||

April 24, 2025 10:57
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was confronted by a crowd of pro-Palestine protestors following his speech at Yale University (Image: Itamar Ben-Gvir's office)

Pro-Israel lawyer clashes with MPs in select committee hearing on Gaza

3 min read

||

April 23, 2025 16:57
Natasha Hausdorff, legal director of the UK Lawyers for Israel Charitable Trust, appears before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: UK Parliament)

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after ‘sabotage plot’ uncovered

1 min read

||

April 23, 2025 14:55
The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned in Jordan (Image: Getty)
Prev
1...282930...35
Next