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

US Politics

RFK Jr denies claim he said Covid was ‘targeted’ to ‘spare Jews’ in confirmation hearing

The prospective Health Secretary faced questions about comments he made when he was a presidential candidate

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RFK Jr denied that he had claimed Covid-19 was 'ethnically targeted' during a torrid Senate confirmation hearing (Image: C-Span)

Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed he is working on an 'operational plan' to resettle some Palestinians from Gaza to countries like Jordan and Egypt (Image: Getty)

Smotrich working on ‘operational plan’ to resettle displaced Palestinians outside of Gaza

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Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to court for the latest hearings in his ongoing corruption trial (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu hits out at ‘nonsense charges’ as he returns to court to testify in corruption trial

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A survivor is escorted out of the gates of Penig concentration camp (Image: US National Archives/Spaceship Earth)

So that we never forget: Rare colourised photos of death camp liberation revealed

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Israel asks to delay Lebanon withdrawal days ahead of deadline

However, the recent shift in administration in the US could put the IDF back on the clock

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January 23, 2025 11:46

The IDF is reportedly seeking a delay to its withdrawal from southern Lebanon, which is meant to conclude by Sunday (Image: Getty)

White supremacist and members of neo-fascist group among ‘January 6 patriots’ pardoned by Trump

Another rioter who had their conviction quashed wore an antisemitic sweatshirt to the Capitol, while clemency was also extended to members of a neo-fascist group

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January 21, 2025 14:13

Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 people involved in the January 6 riots, including members of the far-right Proud Boys group (Image: Getty)

Head of Palestine Solidarity Campaign charged with ‘breaching police conditions’ at chaotic march

Ben Jamal vowed to ‘vigorously contest’ the allegations, which will see him appear in court next month

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January 20, 2025 19:14

PSC director Ben Jamal has been charged in relation to Saturday's chaotic pro-Palestine march (Image: Alamy)

IDF preparing for ‘significant operations’ in the West Bank

The military’s most senior officer has also asked generals to “formulate plans” for a resumption of the war in Gaza

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January 20, 2025 14:49

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Herzi Halevi has told troops to prepare for 'significant operations' in the West Bank 'in the coming days' (Image: Getty)

First Hamas hostages to be released ‘on Sunday’, Israeli government says

Security cabinet reportedly set to meet this morning to approve the deal

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January 16, 2025 16:59

Women, children, men under 50 and the sick are among the 33 hostages in Gaza expected to return first (Getty)

Who are the UK-linked hostages that could be on the brink of freedom?

The status of many of those taken by Hamas on October 7 remains unknown as negotiations enter their ‘final’ phase

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January 13, 2025 16:38

Uncertainty lingers over the fate of the British hostages trapped in Gaza as a deal between Israel and Hamas is said to be 'imminent' (Picture: Getty)

News UK Jewish employees ‘deeply upset’ by ‘extreme antisemitism’ on Piers Morgan Uncensored

Staff accused the show of giving guests a platform to spout ‘dangerous and shameful’ rhetoric in interviews.

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January 9, 2025 14:40

Jewish employees of News UK have been "deeply upset" by the platforming of "dangerous" antisemitism on Piers Morgan's show (Picture: Getty)

Who was Jean-Marie Le Pen, the Holocaust denier who reshaped the French far-right?

One of Europe’s most influential populists, Le Pen’s message of hate looks set to outlive him

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January 8, 2025 17:29

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right Front National, has died (Picture: Getty)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

RFK Jr denies claim he said Covid was ‘targeted’ to ‘spare Jews’ in confirmation hearing

Smotrich working on ‘operational plan’ to resettle displaced Palestinians outside of Gaza

Netanyahu hits out at ‘nonsense charges’ as he returns to court to testify in corruption trial

So that we never forget: Rare colourised photos of death camp liberation revealed

More from Jacob Jaffa

Israel asks to delay Lebanon withdrawal days ahead of deadline

White supremacist and members of neo-fascist group among ‘January 6 patriots’ pardoned by Trump

Head of Palestine Solidarity Campaign charged with ‘breaching police conditions’ at chaotic march

IDF preparing for ‘significant operations’ in the West Bank

First Hamas hostages to be released ‘on Sunday’, Israeli government says

Who are the UK-linked hostages that could be on the brink of freedom?

News UK Jewish employees ‘deeply upset’ by ‘extreme antisemitism’ on Piers Morgan Uncensored

Who was Jean-Marie Le Pen, the Holocaust denier who reshaped the French far-right?