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

Lebanon

IDF investigating soldier who smashed Jesus statue amid Netanyahu condemnation

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar described the incident as ‘grave and disgraceful’, while the prime minister apologised to the global Christian community

2 min read

An IDF soldier damages a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon (X/ytirawi)

Versailles Court of Appeal (Getty Images)

French appeals court rules nanny who tried to poison Jewish children is not antisemitic

1 min read

Burgers cooking on a barbecue grill (Getty Images)

Israeli Border Police officers jailed for having barbecue on Shabbat

1 min read

The Ernst & Young offices in London (Getty Images)

Former EY employee sues consulting giant over firing after viral Gaza speech

1 min read

Teen and two men charged over Iran International firebomb attack

The channel claimed the attack was symptomatic of a ‘campaign of transnational intimidation aimed at silencing independent journalism’

2 min read

April 17, 2026 11:22

Reza Mohaddes, a presenter and editor-in-chief for Iran International, prepares for a news broadcast at the network's studio in London (Getty Images)

Three arrested over attempted arson of Iran International offices

The suspects were detained after a high-speed car chase with police

1 min read

April 16, 2026 13:47

Reza Mohaddes (C), a presenter and editor-in-chief for Iran International, taking part in a news broadcast at the network's studio in London (Getty Images)

IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering West Bank Palestinian

Police said the man was accused of ‘acting utside the scope of his duties’

1 min read

April 16, 2026 13:25

Mourners carry the body of Amir Mutasem Odeh in the village of Qusra, West Bank, on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Two arrested over attempted firebombing at Finchley synagogue

The investigation is being supported by Counter Terrorism Policing London

1 min read

April 16, 2026 09:22

Police outside Finchley Reform Synagogue on April 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran mission not complete until regime change, says outgoing Mossad chief

David Barnea told a Yom HaShoah event: ‘A regime that seeks our destruction must cease to exist’

1 min read

April 15, 2026 13:40

Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 23, 2025 (Flash90)

Hungary to rejoin ICC after Magyar wins landslide

Outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had pulled his country out of the court over the arrest warrant issued against his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu

2 min read

April 14, 2026 13:32

Péter Magyar speaks to the media the day after his victory in Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 13, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary (Getty Images)

Brent Cross stabbing: Police manhunt for knifeman after one hospitalised

Footage on social media showed a wounded man being lifted into an ambulance by paramedics

1 min read

April 14, 2026 10:30

Exterior view of the Brent Cross shopping centre (Getty Images)

‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoah

Prime Minister Netanyahu said the continent was ‘afflicted by profound moral weakness’, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the German chancellor to ‘bow his head and apologise a thousand times’

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April 14, 2026 09:58