Jacob Jaffa

Jacob Jaffa is the JC's Digital 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

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Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker shares video of ‘notorious’ antizionist comparing Zionism to Nazism

Tony Greenstein was speaking after being acquitted of inviting support for Hamas last week

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Former England footballer and TV presenter Gary Lineker (Credit: PA)

A Met Police car in London (Getty Images)

Met Police officer sacked after liking ‘disgusting’ antisemitic posts

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Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 07, 2025 (Flash90)

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi given greater control over Shas party after ‘reconciliation’ with leader

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Election expert who claimed ‘antisemitism crisis’ was ‘invented by Zionist lobby’ elected to Green Party council responsible for ‘party wellbeing and strategy’

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Mamdani’s Israel comments ‘incited antisemitic violence’ claims US Jewish leader

Eric Fingerhut, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, claimed the New York mayor’s rhetoric has ‘hurt the Jewish community’

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August 19, 2026 16:22

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives for the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting on August 12, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF orders criminal investigation into death of Hind Rajab

The five-year-old was one of seven members of the same family killed when an Israeli tank allegedly opened fire on their car

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August 19, 2026 14:18

Hind Rajab (Palestinian Red Crescent Society)

Pro-Netanyahu TV network takes down report on former top IDF lawyer after confronting her neighbour by mistake

A reporter from Channel 14 thought he was interviewing Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who was involved in the leaking of footage showing the abuse of a prisoner at an Israeli detention facility

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August 18, 2026 15:19

Former IDF Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is released to house arrest outside the Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramla, November 7, 2025 (Flash90)

Grow your own milk: Israeli scientists engineer plants to create key dairy protein

The team at Hebrew University worked out how to derive beta-casein, which gives cheese its melting properties, which they say could eradicate the need for industrialised livestock farming

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August 17, 2026 16:46

Professor Oded Shoseyov at the E Tipu World Conference in New Zealand in 2023 (YouTube/E Tipu)

Cambridge vows to continue investing in IDF-linked firms

The university came under pressure to cut its financial ties to Israel from campus pro-Palestine protestors

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August 17, 2026 14:36

A pro-Palestine encampment outside King's College, Cambridge, on May 08, 2024 (Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine march organiser under investigation over alleged links to Chinese regime

Code Pink was accused of engaging in ‘political activities that directly advance the communist Chinese government’s political and policy interests’

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August 17, 2026 11:45

Jodie Evans of Code Pink speaks during the Woman's Moral Monday March on Washington on July 19, 2021 in Washington, DC (Getty Images)

Restore Britain donor said the world needs ‘another Hitler’

Miles Routledge allegedly called the Nazi leader a ‘great man’ and said the prospect of a similar figure rising in the near future filled him with ‘joy and hope’

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August 17, 2026 11:08

Miles Routledge in one of his YouTube videos (YouTube/LordMiles)

IDF sends troops to break settler siege of West Bank village

Extremists have been blockading Qusra since Sunday, repelling evacuation attempts by the military

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August 13, 2026 10:49

Israeli soldiers and settlers in the village of Qusra, West Bank, on August 12, 2026 (Getty Images)

Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger buy LA Lakers for £8bn

Kushner was previously reported to be in talks to lead Fifa President Gianni Infantino’s ill-fated plan to sell of stakes in football’s premier tournaments

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August 12, 2026 16:11

West Bank settlements ‘not going anywhere,’ Israeli envoy tells UN

Danny Danon said the settlements, which are considered a breach of international law by most UN members, are ‘not temporary outposts, but homes, families, and strong, beautiful communities’

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August 12, 2026 11:07

Israel Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon addresses the Security Council in New York on February 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Nick Timothy condemns London Islamic march as ‘celebrating antisemitic and terrorist state of Iran’

Images from the march showed attendees holding Iranian flags and images of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

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August 10, 2026 13:07

Attendees at the Arbaeen Procession wearing Ayatollah Khamenei headbands in Marble Arch, London, on August 9, 2026 (Courtesy)

Boy George: I’ll sack bandmates who refuse to play pro-Israel song

The Culture Club frontman also defended the use of AI in creating the track, saying human musicians would have ‘gotten in his way’

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August 10, 2026 10:51

Senhit (R) and Boy George (L) representing San Marino during the second dress rehearsal for the semi-final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, on May 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Gary Lineker shares video of ‘notorious’ antizionist comparing Zionism to Nazism

Met Police officer sacked after liking ‘disgusting’ antisemitic posts

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi given greater control over Shas party after ‘reconciliation’ with leader

Election expert who claimed ‘antisemitism crisis’ was ‘invented by Zionist lobby’ elected to Green Party council responsible for ‘party wellbeing and strategy’

More from Jacob Jaffa

Mamdani’s Israel comments ‘incited antisemitic violence’ claims US Jewish leader

IDF orders criminal investigation into death of Hind Rajab

Pro-Netanyahu TV network takes down report on former top IDF lawyer after confronting her neighbour by mistake

Grow your own milk: Israeli scientists engineer plants to create key dairy protein

Cambridge vows to continue investing in IDF-linked firms

Pro-Palestine march organiser under investigation over alleged links to Chinese regime

Restore Britain donor said the world needs ‘another Hitler’

IDF sends troops to break settler siege of West Bank village

Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger buy LA Lakers for £8bn

West Bank settlements ‘not going anywhere,’ Israeli envoy tells UN

Nick Timothy condemns London Islamic march as ‘celebrating antisemitic and terrorist state of Iran’

Boy George: I’ll sack bandmates who refuse to play pro-Israel song