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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Israeli Politics

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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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)

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)

PA announces committee on taking over Gaza and drafting Palestinian constitution

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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)

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

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

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

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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)

Toronto film festival backtracks after banning October 7 film because Hamas didn’t give permission

The screening was reportedly cancelled after Hamas refused to grant the festival ‘legal clearance’ to use the videos its terrorists took of the massacres

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August 14, 2025 10:39

The Toronto International Film Festival has apologised after cancelling the screening of a documentary about the October 7 attacks (Image: Getty)

British intelligence ‘suspected’ Rolex founder of being Nazi spy

Declassified documents suggested that Hans Wilsdorf was ‘well known for his strong Nazi sympathies’

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August 13, 2025 15:43

Declassified documents have reportedly revealed that British intelligence agencies suspected Rolex co-founder Hans Wilsdorf of being a Nazi spy (Image: Rolex)

New report claims more journalists died in Gaza than in both world wars combined

The study, published by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, has been criticised for allegedly neglecting historical death tolls

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August 13, 2025 15:20

A new report has claimed that more journalists have been killed in the Gaza War than in both world wars combined (Image: Getty)

UN-backed watchdog lowers famine threshold in Gaza report

The move, as well as the addition of a new metric, will likely make it easier for the agency to declare a famine in the Strip compared to in other parts of the world

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August 13, 2025 13:26

The IPC has reportedly lowered its threshold to declare famine in Gaza (Image: Getty)

IDF releases footage of terrorist fighters posing as aid workers in Gaza

The World Central Kitchen confirmed the group was not affiliated with it and condemned militants for using its logo as cover

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August 13, 2025 12:11

The IDF has released footage showing terrorists posing as World Central Kitchen aid workers (Image: IDF)

Fresh row between government and IDF as Defence Minister clashes with military chief over promotions

The public spat comes after Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir reportedly voiced strong opposition in cabinet to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza

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August 12, 2025 14:30

Defence Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir have publicly clashed over the latest round of military promotions

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

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’

More from Jacob Jaffa

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

Toronto film festival backtracks after banning October 7 film because Hamas didn’t give permission

British intelligence ‘suspected’ Rolex founder of being Nazi spy

New report claims more journalists died in Gaza than in both world wars combined

UN-backed watchdog lowers famine threshold in Gaza report

IDF releases footage of terrorist fighters posing as aid workers in Gaza

Fresh row between government and IDF as Defence Minister clashes with military chief over promotions