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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

Medicine

Israeli medics team up with tech giant Nvidia to create ‘ChatGPT for genetics’

The new model could revolutionise medical diagnostics and help doctors prescribe medication tailored to patients’ needs

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Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, USA (Getty Images)
A group of former hostages and their families with US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff (White House)

‘Today you are heroes’: Trump holds White House reception for freed hostages

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Yuval Raphael performs during the rehearsal ahead of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final on May 17, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland (Getty Images)

Eurovision set to change rules following Israel’s public vote success

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Shira Haas attends a screening of Captain America: Brave New World on February 13, 2025 in New York City (Getty Images)

Israeli actor Shira Haas cast in Netflix adaptation of Ira Levin’s The Boys from Brazil

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Pro-Palestine activists found guilty of harassing Labour MP have convictions overturned

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November 20, 2025 12:54
Alex Davies-Jones MP (Alex Davies-Jones For Pontypridd)

‘Pay-for-slay’ may still be operational despite PA guarantees

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November 19, 2025 15:07
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas arrives to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on November 11, 2025 (Getty Images)

Former chief rabbi of Israel under investigation in rabbinical court blackmail case

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November 19, 2025 10:26
Lahav 433 headquarters in Tel Aviv (Getty Images)

One dead and three injured in Gush Etzion terror attack

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November 19, 2025 10:08
Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack in Gush Etzion on November 18, 2025 (Flash90)

‘Cow-free’ milk to hit Israeli shelves – but can it be parev?

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November 18, 2025 17:11
Remilk's new 'cow-free' milk range (Remilk)

Trump confirms US will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia

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November 18, 2025 15:00
President Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Getty Images)

Netanyahu condemns wave of West Bank settler violence

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November 18, 2025 14:20
A house and two vehicles belonging to Palestinians burn after being set on fire during an attack by extremist settlers in the town of Wadi Sa’ir, north of Hebron, November 17, 2025 (Flash90)

UN backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan after Russian abstention

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November 18, 2025 10:38
The UN Security Council votes on a US-sponsored resolution on the Gaza peace plan at the UN Headquarters in New York City, November 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Ehud Olmert speech at Oxford Union heavily disrupted amid pro-Palestine backlash

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November 17, 2025 11:13
Pro-Palestine activists in the Oxford Union chamber, protesting a speech by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on November 16, 2025 (Image: X/Adrian Hilton)

Coalition shuts down prospect of state inquiry into October 7 failings

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November 17, 2025 11:04
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the plenum hall of the Knesset on November 10, 2025 (Flash90)

UN Security Council to vote on second phase of Trump peace plan

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November 17, 2025 10:50
A UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestinian statehood, during the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2025, in New York City (Getty Images)

‘Around half’ of hostages were sexually abused in captivity

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November 17, 2025 10:05
A man fixes a sticker reading 'home' on a poster showing one of the recently released hostages on October 14, 2025 (Getty Images)
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