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

Charedi

Former Israeli chief rabbi suggests IDF deaths are linked to ‘neglecting’ Torah study

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the influential spiritual leader of the Shas party, made the comments following the deaths of five soldiers from a strictly-Orthodox unit

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Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemingly suggested that the deaths of five Charedi soldiers were related to a 'neglect' of Torah study (Image: Flash90)

Natalie Seeff welcomed her third son in a bomb shelter during Israel's war with Iran

Exclusive: I gave birth in a bomb shelter as Iranian missiles fell around me

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin claimed that the UN is 'transparently antisemitic' on an internal staff forum (Image: Getty)

Google co-founder claims UN is ‘transparently antisemitic’ following report on tech firms’ role in Gaza War

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Ghassan Kanafani was a novelist and PFLP spokesman who announced the group's responsibility for the 1972 Lod Airport Massacre (Image: X/@PlutoPress)

Jewish anti-Zionist group shares post honouring PFLP terrorist as ‘resistance writer’

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Grok spouts Nazi propaganda and calls itself ‘Mechahitler’ after right-wing ‘update’

X boss Elon Musk said last month that the AI chatbot would be ‘fixed’ after users complained it was too progressive

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July 9, 2025 09:56

Grok, X's built-in AI chatbot, started praising Hitler and sharing antisemitic comments following a right-wing 'fix' promised by platform boss Elon Musk (Image: Getty)

Yair Golan claims far-right ministers are ‘not Zionists’ and ‘not Jews’ over reactions to IDF deaths

The former IDF deputy chief of staff turned leftist MK lashed out at Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, accusing them of ‘dancing on the blood’ of five Charedi soldiers killed by a roadside bomb

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July 8, 2025 10:38

Yair Golan has claimed that far-right ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are 'not Jews' after accusing them of politicising the deaths of five Charedi IDF soldiers (Image: Flash90)

Israel Katz orders IDF to prepare plans to confine Gaza’s entire population to ‘humanitarian city’

The two million residents of the Strip would be screened through security checks before being sent to a new refugee camp near Rafah or encouraged to emigrate.

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July 8, 2025 09:23

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced plans to confine Gaza's entire population into a new 'humanitarian city' in Rafah (Image: Flash90)

Hebron sheikhs ask to break with PA and join Abraham Accords

The leaders suggest transforming the territory into an independent emirate with ‘zero tolerance’ for terrorism

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July 7, 2025 13:14

A group of senior sheikhs in Hebron, led by Sheikh Wadee' al-Jaabari, has expressed a desire for the territory to break away from the PA and join the Abraham Accords as an independent emirate (Image: Wadee' al-Jaabari)

Palestine Action sets up ‘secret website’ to recruit despite terror proscription

Being a member of or inviting support for the group is now a criminal offence, but organisers have pledged to continue its campaign of direct action

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July 7, 2025 11:26

Palestine Action has allegedly set up a new recruitment website in the wake of its proscription under UK counter-terror laws (Image: Getty)

‘It could be the beginning of the end for us’ -Hamas control over Gaza has ‘collapsed’, senior official confirms

A network of armed clans, some of which are aided by Israel, has apparently filled the power vacuum left by the elimination of the terror group’s senior leadership

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July 7, 2025 09:38

A senior Hamas security officials has confirmed that the group's control over Gaza has 'collapsed' (Image: Flash90)

Unilever ‘cuts millions’ in Ben & Jerry’s funding over Gaza donation probe

The corporate giant accused its subsidiary of “resisting basic oversight” and refusing to provide documents for its audit

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July 4, 2025 11:09

Unilever has reportedly cut funding from Ben & Jerry's charitable foundation amid an audit of its donations

Trump pleads ignorance over ‘Shylock’ comment after passing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

The president claimed he had ‘never heard’ the term used in an antisemitic context

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July 4, 2025 09:46

President Trump has denied that a comment he made about moneylending 'Shylocks' was antisemitic, claiming he has 'never heard' the term used in an offensive context (Image: Getty)

Likud ministers call on Netanyahu to annex West Bank this month

The petition followed the announcement of an expansion of Israeli infrastructure in the territory

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July 3, 2025 10:35

A group of 15 Likud ministers have urged Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank by the Knesset's summer recess this month (Image: Flash90)

Palestine Action activists charged over RAF Brize Norton break-in

The stunt was one of the last perpetrated by the group before MPs voted to proscribe it as a terrorist organisation

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July 3, 2025 09:40

Four Palestine Action activists have been charged over a break-in at RAF Brize Norton, which saw two aircraft vandalised (Image: Getty)

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release White House email cache

The Trump administration has rubbished the claim, calling it a ‘calculated smear campaign’

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July 2, 2025 13:59

A group of Iranian-backed hackers has threatened to release a cache of emails allegedly stolen from senior White House officials (Image: Getty)

Iran suspends cooperation with nuclear watchdog following US strikes

State media announced a law enforcing the decision had been enacted by President Masoud Pezeshkian

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July 2, 2025 10:36

Iran has suspended its cooperation with the IAEA, state media has confirmed

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Former Israeli chief rabbi suggests IDF deaths are linked to ‘neglecting’ Torah study

Exclusive: I gave birth in a bomb shelter as Iranian missiles fell around me

Google co-founder claims UN is ‘transparently antisemitic’ following report on tech firms’ role in Gaza War

Jewish anti-Zionist group shares post honouring PFLP terrorist as ‘resistance writer’

More from Jacob Jaffa

Grok spouts Nazi propaganda and calls itself ‘Mechahitler’ after right-wing ‘update’

Yair Golan claims far-right ministers are ‘not Zionists’ and ‘not Jews’ over reactions to IDF deaths

Israel Katz orders IDF to prepare plans to confine Gaza’s entire population to ‘humanitarian city’

Hebron sheikhs ask to break with PA and join Abraham Accords

Palestine Action sets up ‘secret website’ to recruit despite terror proscription

‘It could be the beginning of the end for us’ -Hamas control over Gaza has ‘collapsed’, senior official confirms

Unilever ‘cuts millions’ in Ben & Jerry’s funding over Gaza donation probe

Trump pleads ignorance over ‘Shylock’ comment after passing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Likud ministers call on Netanyahu to annex West Bank this month

Palestine Action activists charged over RAF Brize Norton break-in

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release White House email cache

Iran suspends cooperation with nuclear watchdog following US strikes