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

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Gaza

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation insisted that no violence had occurred after reports of shootings at their site in recent days

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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed its distribution sites amid 'excessive crowding' (Image: Getty)

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

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Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa was pictured speaking at a pro-Palestine rally two days before he left the show (Image: Instagram/@ChooseLove)

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

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The Israeli government is reportedly sending weapons to 'ISIS-linked clans' in Gaza to help them fight Hamas (Image: Alamy)

Israel ‘giving weapons to ISIS-linked clans’ to fight Hamas in Gaza

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David Miller faces prosecution over call for Zionists to be ‘targeted’

The controversial academic responded to the legal action by calling the group a ‘foreign influence operation’ for a ‘hostile and illegitimate genocidal Jewish supremacist state’

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June 5, 2025 13:52

Kneecap booked for 12,500-seat Wembley arena despite Mo Chara terror charge

The anti-Israel rap trio will have its largest show outside Ireland in the face of significant criticism over its activism

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June 5, 2025 12:58

Kneecap has been booked for a gig at London's OVO Arena Wembley despite the pending terror charge against one of its members (Image: X/@KNEECAPCEOL)

Charedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft law

Orthodox leaders have been enraged by the absence of an exemption for yeshiva students from military service

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June 4, 2025 14:41

United Torah Judaism chair Yitzchak Goldknopf is reportedly pushing to a bill to dissolve the Knesset over the Charedi draft law (Image: Flash90)

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

President Trump’s press secretary accused the corporation of ‘taking the word of Hamas with total truth’

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June 4, 2025 11:24

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked the BBC for its coverage of alleged violence around aid distribution centres in Gaza (Image: Getty)

IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

The site will close for the day for ‘refurbishments’ but its operator reported no disruption to distribution following reports of violence

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June 4, 2025 10:55

The IDF has denied firing on Palestinian civilians at an aid distribution centre (Image: Getty)

Gun-toting Orthodox rabbi turns the tables on would-be car thieves

Emanuel Goldfeiz was still dressed in his Shabbat best when he was attacked by two masked assailants

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May 30, 2025 09:29

An Orthodox rabbi in Baltimore scared off two would-be car thieves after pulling out his legally-owned pistol when they attacked him (Image: CBS News)

Jewish star Paul Danan’s cause of death revealed as ‘combination of drugs’

The former Hollyoaks actor was found unresponsive at his flat in Bristol on January 15 after friends raised the alarm

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May 29, 2025 15:11

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 15: Paul Danan attends the "Once Upon A Time in London" world premiere at Troxy on April 15, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

Hamas’ UK lawyer claims Israel ‘murders’ Palestinians ‘because they’re not Jewish’

Franck Magennis said he aims to ‘overthrow’ the Jewish State and ‘global capitalism’

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May 29, 2025 14:43

Franck Magennis, one of the lawyers representing Hamas in its attempt to shed its proscribed status in the UK, has claimed that Israel perpetrates the 'mass murder of Palestinian because they're not Jewish' (Image: YouTube/ElectronicIntifada)

Trump warns Israel off Iran strike amid possible progress in nuclear talks

Reports suggest that Tehran may be willing to suspend its uranium enrichment in return for a pair of significant concessions from Washington

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May 29, 2025 11:02

Donald Trump has confirmed he warned Israel against striking Iranian nuclear sites as negotiations with Tehran continue (Image: Getty)

Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced with ‘baby killer’ slur

The vandalism came as five people were arrested in London for allegedly harassing the actress during filming

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May 29, 2025 10:28

Gal Gadot's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been defaced to label her a 'baby killer' (Image: X/@Eve_Barlow)

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

Ravid Chaim Gez was delivered by emergency caesarian after his mother, Tzeela, was fatally wounded while en route to give birth to him

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May 29, 2025 09:22

Ravid Chaim Gez passed away in hospital this morning just under two weeks after he was delivered by emergency caesarian (Image: Gez family via X/@AmitSegal)

Indonesia ‘ready to recognise Israel’ to ‘achieve true peace’

The majority-Muslim nation, which has been publicly hostile to Israel for years, conditioned the move on the equivalent recognition of a Palestinian state by Jerusalem

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May 28, 2025 14:52

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has said his country is 'ready to recognise Israel' if Jerusalem makes the equivalent gesture for a Palestinian state (Image: Getty)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

Israel ‘giving weapons to ISIS-linked clans’ to fight Hamas in Gaza

More from Jacob Jaffa

David Miller faces prosecution over call for Zionists to be ‘targeted’

Kneecap booked for 12,500-seat Wembley arena despite Mo Chara terror charge

Charedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft law

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

Gun-toting Orthodox rabbi turns the tables on would-be car thieves

Jewish star Paul Danan’s cause of death revealed as ‘combination of drugs’

Hamas’ UK lawyer claims Israel ‘murders’ Palestinians ‘because they’re not Jewish’

Trump warns Israel off Iran strike amid possible progress in nuclear talks

Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced with ‘baby killer’ slur

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

Indonesia ‘ready to recognise Israel’ to ‘achieve true peace’