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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Trump claims Gaza War will reach ‘conclusive end’ within weeks

A US-backed ceasefire proposal has been agreed by Hamas but is still awaiting an official response from Israel

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US President Trump has claimed the Gaza War will come to a 'conclusive end' in a matter of weeks (Image: Getty)

Pro-hostage protestors have blocked highways in a mass demonstration calling for a ceasefire and the immediate release of the remaining Hamas captives (Image: Flash90)

Hostage activists block Israel’s highways in fresh wave of pro-ceasefire protests

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that his government will proscribed the IRGC (Image: Getty)

Australia to proscribe IRGC after Iran-linked antisemitic attacks

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The IDF has confirmed that it limits Palestinians' use of a major highway near the settlement of Bat Ayin (pictured), despite allowing settlers to acces it freely (Image: Flash90)

IDF acknowledges limiting Palestinian use of West Bank highway accessed freely by settlers

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Netanyahu confirms Israel will return to ceasefire negotiations

The prime minister also indicated that the October 7 attacks were planned to be much larger, but said Hamas ‘fired too soon’

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August 22, 2025 10:52

Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed Israeli negotiators will return to ceasefire talks with Hamas (Image: Israeli Government Press Office)

UN-backed watchdog declares famine in Gaza City for first time

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) was recently accused of lowering its famine threshold in Gaza but has denied doing so

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August 22, 2025 10:15

The IPC has declared a famine in Gaza City for the first time (Image: Getty)

Likud MK slammed for comparing court staff to Jewish Nazi collaborators after being thrown out of Qatargate hearing

Tally Gotliv reportedly drew parallels between security guards and the Judenräte, Jewish councils set up by the Third Reich to enforce Nazi rule on the community

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August 19, 2025 13:56

Likd MK Tally Gotliv has been criticised for reportedly comparing court staff to Jews who collaborated with the Nazis after being ejected from a hearing (Image: Flash90)

PA announces committee on taking over Gaza and drafting Palestinian constitution

Israel has previously said that neither Hamas nor the Authority can play any part in the future governance of the Strip

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August 19, 2025 11:38

The PA has announced the creation of a committee to govern Gaza and draft a new constitution for a unified Palestinian state (Pictured: PA President Mahmoud Abbas (c) at the UN building in New York last year; Image: Getty)

Former head of IDF military intelligence said 50k Gaza deaths were ‘necessary’ to make Palestinians ‘feel the price’ of October 7

‘For everything that happened on October 7, for every one person on October 7, 50 Palestinians must die,' said Major General Aharon Haliva

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August 19, 2025 10:30

Major General Aharon Haliva, who resigned as head of the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate last year, was recorded saying deaths in Gaza were 'necessary', adding that it 'doesn't matter if they are children' (Image: Flash90)

BBC backtracks on claim that Gazan cancer patient ‘died of malnutrition’

However, the article still discusses how emaciated Marah Zuhri was when she was admitted and echoes the UN's warning of ‘widespread malnutrition in Gaza’

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August 18, 2025 15:11

BBC News has issued a 'clarification' after it reported that a Gaza cancer patient receiving treatment in Italy 'died of malnutrition' (Image: Getty)

Group of Gazan children to come to the UK for medical treatment

Some of the children could reportedly enter the asylum system after their hospital stays are complete

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August 18, 2025 13:56

A group of Gazan children will travel to the UK 'in the coming weeks' to receive medical treatment (Image: Getty)

Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

Simcha Rothman was accused of ‘spreading hate and division’ by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke

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August 18, 2025 11:49

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman has been banned from entering Australia hours before he was due to visit the country to meet the victims of recent antisemitic attacks (Image: Flash90)

Corbyn ‘capitulated’ over antisemitism, claims Zarah Sultana after launch of new party

The ex-Labour MP, now sitting as an independent, said her former party leader was wrong to adopt the IHRA definition of Jew-hatred

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August 18, 2025 11:22

Zarah Sultana has claimed that Jeremy Corbyn 'capitulated' over antisemitism while he was Labour leader (Image: Getty)

Gazan woman who ‘died of malnutrition’ in Italian hospital was actually cancer patient

Mahra Zuhri was suffering from an aggressive form of leukaemia, which counts weight loss among its symptoms

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August 18, 2025 11:02

A Gazan woman who reportedly 'died of malnutrition' in Pisa's University Hospital was actually suffering from an aggressive form of cancer, it has emerged (Image: GuidaToscana)

Senior Labour MP signs letter calling on Starmer to expel Israeli ambassador over Gaza ‘genocide’

The letter also called for a full arms embargo, sanctions against the Jewish State and support for ‘international investigations into war crimes’

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August 15, 2025 11:21

Labours Abtisam Mohamed (c) was among the signatories to a letter calling on the prime minister to expel Israel's UK ambassador (Image: Alamy)

Gazans could be resettled in Ethiopia, Libya or South Sudan under ‘voluntary emigration’ plans

Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed that Jerusalem is ‘talking to’ other countries about accepting displaced Palestinians

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August 15, 2025 10:30

Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan have reportedly been discussed as potential destinations for the resettlement of displaced Gazans (Image: Getty)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Trump claims Gaza War will reach ‘conclusive end’ within weeks

Hostage activists block Israel’s highways in fresh wave of pro-ceasefire protests

Australia to proscribe IRGC after Iran-linked antisemitic attacks

IDF acknowledges limiting Palestinian use of West Bank highway accessed freely by settlers

More from Jacob Jaffa

Netanyahu confirms Israel will return to ceasefire negotiations

UN-backed watchdog declares famine in Gaza City for first time

Likud MK slammed for comparing court staff to Jewish Nazi collaborators after being thrown out of Qatargate hearing

PA announces committee on taking over Gaza and drafting Palestinian constitution

Former head of IDF military intelligence said 50k Gaza deaths were ‘necessary’ to make Palestinians ‘feel the price’ of October 7

BBC backtracks on claim that Gazan cancer patient ‘died of malnutrition’

Group of Gazan children to come to the UK for medical treatment

Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

Corbyn ‘capitulated’ over antisemitism, claims Zarah Sultana after launch of new party

Gazan woman who ‘died of malnutrition’ in Italian hospital was actually cancer patient

Senior Labour MP signs letter calling on Starmer to expel Israeli ambassador over Gaza ‘genocide’

Gazans could be resettled in Ethiopia, Libya or South Sudan under ‘voluntary emigration’ plans