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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Israel

Charedi party announces female Knesset candidate for first time in Israel’s history

Dr Nechumi Yaffe, a researcher at Tel Aviv University, will stand for Moti Leitner’s new party, the Charedi Public

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(Illustrative) A triathlete runs barefoot alongside his bicycle (Getty Images)

Londonderry triathlon bans Israeli athletes ‘while Palestinians suffer’

2 min read

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir takes part in the Jerusalem Day celebrations on May 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

Ben-Gvir pulls down video taunting female Palestinian prisoners after electoral committee appeal

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A painting believed to be Portrait of a Lady inside an expensive Argentinian villa (Image: Robles Casas & Campos)

Argentine couple ordered to return Nazi-looted painting after it was spotted on estate agent’s website

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Exeter student received torrent of antisemitic abuse over Holocaust education role, despite not being Jewish

Amberley Thay, a regional ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust, claimed other students labelled her a ‘baby killer’ and ‘Mossad agent’ over her campaign work

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September 7, 2026 12:19

Amberley Thay (R) with Holocaust survivor Annick Lever at an HET event (Instagram/AmberleyThay)

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down ‘unconstitutional’ freeze on arrests of Charedi draft dodgers

Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg said the law ‘constitutes clear discrimination in the enforcement of the law, based on sectoral-religious affiliation’

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September 4, 2026 16:22

Supreme Court justices during a hearing on petitions against the law freezing arrests, investigations and enforcement measures against Charedi draft evaders on July 28, 2026 (Flash90)

US to target BVI banks in bid to ‘asphyxiate’ secretive IRGC financing

The British Overseas Territory has long been a haven for illicit business dealings due to its loose financial declaration requirements

1 min read

September 3, 2026 15:44

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters as he arrives for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 31, 2026 (Getty Images)

Royal Geographical Society publishes paper linking Southport ‘anti-Muslim pogroms’ to ‘Zionist financiers’

The paper’s author, Kawtar Najib, suggested that ‘institutional Zionism is Islamophobic’ and is fuelling an ‘age of genocidal Islamophobia’

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September 3, 2026 11:20

Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police vehicle in Southport on July 30, 2024 (Getty Images)

Netanyahu claims October 7 ‘would not have taken place’ if army chiefs had woken him up

The prime minister alleged that defence officials decided against rousing him, but suggested that this was a ‘failure’ rather than a ‘betrayal’

2 min read

September 2, 2026 16:22

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu (Getty Images)

Israeli prison guards indicted after Palestinian detainee ‘beaten to death’

Thaer Abu Asab died after the alleged assault ruptured a heart muscle, leading to fatal heart failure

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September 2, 2026 14:40

The Ketziot Detention Camp on September 13, 2022 (Flash9)

Jewish celebrities sign open letter defending Avengers star Mark Ruffalo from antisemitism claims

Actor Hannah Einbinder and writer Naomi Klein were among the 170 signatories who labelled the accusations against Ruffalo ‘false and dangerous’

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September 2, 2026 13:37

Mark Ruffalo attends SiriusXM's 'Front Row Series' with the cast of 'Crime 101' at the SiriusXM Studios in New York City on February 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

Yair Golan threatens to sue Netanyahu’s wife over claim he had advance knowledge of October 7

The former IDF deputy chief of staff ‘re-enlisted’ on the morning of the Hamas massacres and rescued survivors from the Gaza border

2 min read

September 1, 2026 11:08

Sara Netanyahu attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Centre in northern Jerusalem on July 5, 2026 (Flash90)

Two Israelis confirmed missing as Nepal flood death toll tops 900

Katerina Sakovich, 41, was part of a group travelling to Mount Kailash in Tibet when floodwaters and mudslides engulfed the area

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September 1, 2026 09:59

Katerina Sakovich (Israeli Foreign Ministry/Courtesy)

Exclusive: Cabinet Office official shared social media post wishing Netanyahu had died instead of Dolly Parton

The post also expressed a similar hope regarding US President Trump and told his supporters to ‘f*** all the way off’

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August 28, 2026 14:26

The entrance to the Cabinet Office in Whitehall (Getty Images)

Exclusive: ‘Khaybar’ T-shirt under police investigation sold on American site offering hateful clothing

US retailer Now Best T-Shirts also lists an ‘antisemite club’ hoodie and ‘free America from Israel’ shirt among its stock

3 min read

August 28, 2026 11:02

One of the offensive products available on Now Best T-Shirts (nowbesttshirt.com)

IDF to provide fresh meals with highest level of kosher certification amid Charedi enlistment push

The army said the move would ‘improve and expand the provision of meals’ for strictly-Orthodox soldiers

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August 27, 2026 16:58

(Illustrative) A kashrut certification stamp during a mashgiach visit to agricultural fields and factories around Israel (Flash90)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Charedi party announces female Knesset candidate for first time in Israel’s history

Londonderry triathlon bans Israeli athletes ‘while Palestinians suffer’

Ben-Gvir pulls down video taunting female Palestinian prisoners after electoral committee appeal

Argentine couple ordered to return Nazi-looted painting after it was spotted on estate agent’s website

More from Jacob Jaffa

Exeter student received torrent of antisemitic abuse over Holocaust education role, despite not being Jewish

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down ‘unconstitutional’ freeze on arrests of Charedi draft dodgers

US to target BVI banks in bid to ‘asphyxiate’ secretive IRGC financing

Royal Geographical Society publishes paper linking Southport ‘anti-Muslim pogroms’ to ‘Zionist financiers’

Netanyahu claims October 7 ‘would not have taken place’ if army chiefs had woken him up

Israeli prison guards indicted after Palestinian detainee ‘beaten to death’

Jewish celebrities sign open letter defending Avengers star Mark Ruffalo from antisemitism claims

Yair Golan threatens to sue Netanyahu’s wife over claim he had advance knowledge of October 7

Two Israelis confirmed missing as Nepal flood death toll tops 900

Exclusive: Cabinet Office official shared social media post wishing Netanyahu had died instead of Dolly Parton

Exclusive: ‘Khaybar’ T-shirt under police investigation sold on American site offering hateful clothing

IDF to provide fresh meals with highest level of kosher certification amid Charedi enlistment push