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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Jeremy Corbyn launches ‘Gaza Tribunal’ into ‘genocide’ after full public inquiry denied

The former Labour leader claimed the event in September would ‘uncover the truth’ about the UK’s ‘complicity in the Gaza genocide’

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Jeremy Corbyn has announced the creation of a new 'Gaza Tribunal' to examine the UK's role in what organisers called the 'genocide of the Palestinian people' (Image: Getty)

Labour investigating Diane Abbott after she doubles down on ‘antisemitic’ comments

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The prime minister declined to commit to sanctioning his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu over plans to confine Gaza's population to a new 'humanitarian city' in Rafah (Image: ParliamentTV)

Starmer declines to sanction Netanyahu over ‘appalling’ plan for Gaza ‘humanitarian city’

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20 people have been killed in a crowd crush at a GHF aid distribution site (Image: X/@Ahmad_tibi)

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation blames ‘Hamas elements’ for crowd crush at aid site

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Health Secretary condemns medical regulator for ‘failing publicly and abysmally’ on NHS antisemitism

Wes Streeting said he would ‘haul in’ the leadership of the General Medical Council to demand an explanation for the failings

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July 16, 2025 10:58

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has condemned the UK's medical regulator, the GMC, for 'failing publicly and abysmally' on the issue of NHS antisemitism (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu calls for calm as Israeli Druze flock into Syria amid sectarian violence

Defence Secretary Israel Katz has pledged to continue military action until security forces withdraw from the area

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July 16, 2025 10:25

Israel has launched strikes against Syrian troops entering the Druze city of Sweida (Image: Getty)

Unite union votes to support UK workers who refuse to handle weapons bound for Israel

The union advanced a motion to back the BDS movement and provide protection for members attempting to create a de facto arms embargo on the Jewish State

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July 15, 2025 14:35

Unite the Union has voted to back workers who refuse to manufacture, handle or transport weapons they believe are bound for Israel (Pictured: Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham; Image: Getty)

Netanyahu coalition facing collapse following UTJ withdrawal

The faction accused the prime minister of breaking his promises about the new law set to conscript yeshiva students

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July 15, 2025 13:36

The United Torah Judaism party has confirmed its withdrawal from the governing coalition amid a row over the conscription of yeshiva students (Pictured: UTJ leader Yitzchak Goldknopf; Image: Getty)

Ofcom open investigation into BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son

The new probe was announced after the BBC’s own independent review found ‘no breach’ of its impartiality rules

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July 15, 2025 10:23

Ofcom has announced an investigation into the BBC's Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone documentary (Image: Getty)

BBC Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official could return after investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules

The corporation said it remains ‘keen to tell the stories of those featured’ in the film, despite its chair calling the resulting row a ‘dagger to the heart’ of its reputation

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July 14, 2025 12:47

The BBC has indicated that its controversial documentary about Gaza, which was found to be narrated by the son of a Hamas official, could return to the iPlayer in an edited form (Image: Getty)

BBC investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules over Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official

The probe found that the film violated guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose the teen’s family links to terror, but that no other rules were broken

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July 14, 2025 12:21

A report into the BBC's airing of Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has found that the corporation did not breach its impartiality requirements (Image: Getty)

US national ‘beaten to death’ by West Bank settlers, family says

Relatives of Saif al-Din Kamil Abdul Karim Musalat have called on the US State Department to investigate his alleged murder

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July 14, 2025 10:34

Saif Musallet was beaten to death during violent clashes with Israeli settlers in the West Bank, according to his family (Image: X/@ninaturner)

IDF lawyers ‘raised concerns’ about plans to confine Gazans to new ‘humanitarian city’

Proponents claim the proposal will help to destroy Hamas and end the war

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July 11, 2025 15:19

The IDF's legal branch has reportedly raised concerns about Defence Minister Israel Katz's plan to relocate Gaza's entire population to a new 'humanitarian city' in Rafah

IDF strike on medical centre ‘under review’ after civilian casualties

The military said it was targeting a terrorist involved in the October 7 attacks, but several children are also believed to have died

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July 11, 2025 11:42

The IDF confirmed a strike in Deir al-Balah on Thursday is 'under review' after reports of civilian casualties (Pictured: Rubble following an earlier strike in the Deir al-Balah area on July 1; Image: Getty)

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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July 11, 2025 11:09

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)

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

British-born Natalie Seeff welcomed her newborn son in remarkable circumstances last month

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July 10, 2025 11:51

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

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Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Jeremy Corbyn launches ‘Gaza Tribunal’ into ‘genocide’ after full public inquiry denied

Labour investigating Diane Abbott after she doubles down on ‘antisemitic’ comments

Starmer declines to sanction Netanyahu over ‘appalling’ plan for Gaza ‘humanitarian city’

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation blames ‘Hamas elements’ for crowd crush at aid site

More from Jacob Jaffa

Health Secretary condemns medical regulator for ‘failing publicly and abysmally’ on NHS antisemitism

Netanyahu calls for calm as Israeli Druze flock into Syria amid sectarian violence

Unite union votes to support UK workers who refuse to handle weapons bound for Israel

Netanyahu coalition facing collapse following UTJ withdrawal

Ofcom open investigation into BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son

BBC Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official could return after investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules

BBC investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules over Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official

US national ‘beaten to death’ by West Bank settlers, family says

IDF lawyers ‘raised concerns’ about plans to confine Gazans to new ‘humanitarian city’

IDF strike on medical centre ‘under review’ after civilian casualties

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