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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Canada becomes third G7 nation to announce it will recognise Palestine at UN conference

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the decision was ‘predicated on the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to much-needed reforms’

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Canada has announced it will recognise a Palestinian State at a UN General Assembly meeting in September (Image: Getty)

Amichai Eliyahu has suggested that the Gaza hostages should be redesignated as 'prisoners of war' to prioritise 'victory' over Hamas (Image: Flash90)

Far-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over Hamas

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The Arab League has, for the first time, condemned Hamas' attacks on October 7 and called for the terror group to disarm (Image: Getty)

Arab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarm

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A hotel backed by Leonardo DiCaprio has won planning approval in Israel (Image: Getty)

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Herzliya hotel wins planning approval

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GHF claims former contractor turned whistleblower ‘falsified documents’ to spread ‘false narrative’ of IDF shootings

Anthony Aguilar claimed that Israeli troops shot civilians in front of him, but the US firm alleged that the supposed murders he recounted ‘never happened’

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July 30, 2025 11:50

Former US soldier Anthony Aguilar claimed he 'witnessed war crimes' perpetrated by the IDF while working for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (Image: BBC News)

New York Times issues correction after using photo of child suffering from pre-existing condition to show Gaza starvation

The US newspaper has become the first to publicly correct a picture that showed a child from Gaza seemingly malnourished, despite in reality, suffering from a medical problem

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July 30, 2025 10:43

New York Times issues correction after using photo of child suffering from pre-existing condition to show Gaza starvation

Activist featured in No Other Land reportedly killed by sanctioned settler

The team behind the Oscar-winning documentary claimed that Awdah Hathaleen was attacked by Yinon Levi, who was recently removed from the US sanctions list

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July 29, 2025 16:44

Activist featured in No Other Land reportedly killed by sanctioned settler

Netanyahu ‘presented plan for Gaza siege’ at Israeli cabinet meeting

Other reports suggested that anything from a ‘military occupation’ to ‘full annexation’ of the Strip were on the table if ceasefire negotiations collapse again

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July 29, 2025 14:07

Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly presented a plan for a 'military occupation' of Gaza to his Security Cabinet yesterday (Image: Getty)

Aid trucks reportedly looted while crossing from Egypt during first humanitarian pause in Gaza

The IDF is halting operations in Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City between 10am and 8pm ‘every day until further notice’ to allow aid to be distributed

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July 29, 2025 11:36

Aid trucks entering Gaza from Egypt have reportedly been subject to significant looting during the first humanitarian pause in the fighting (Image: Getty)

Second child suffering from pre-existing condition used as evidence of Gaza starvation

Israeli authorities said that they had helped evacuate the boy to an Italian hospital, where he is now recovering

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July 29, 2025 10:47

Osama Al-Rakab, 5, was evacuated to an Italian hospital with Israel's help (Image: COGAT)

Netherlands sanctions far-right Israeli ministers over ‘calls for ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

The move was condemned by right-wing opposition figures as ‘hatred against Israel’

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July 29, 2025 10:41

The Netherlands has banned far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (R) from entering the country over their alleged 'incitement' of settler violence in the West Bank and 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza (Image: Flash90)

California Republican candidate suggested Auschwitz as a solution to unemployment and praised rival as ‘Aryan super soldier’

Kyle Langford has previously called for Jews to ‘self-deport’ and ‘worship Jesus’

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July 28, 2025 14:12

Republican Kyle Langford described incumbent governor Gavin Newsom as an 'Aryan super soldier' with a 'beautiful white family' (Image: X/@KyleLangfordCA)

Child ‘misleadingly’ presented as symbol of Gaza starvation ‘suffers from muscular disorder’

Media outlets that used the image have been accused of leaving out critical context

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July 28, 2025 11:09

Images published widely in the media showing an apparently starving Gazan child have been criticised for allegedly lacking vital context about his medical status (Image: X/@CallumHoare_)

BBC calls terror group founder jailed over two murders a ‘pro-Palestine convict’

Georges Abdallah was convicted of complicity in the assassinations of an Israeli diplomat and an American colonel

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July 25, 2025 14:56

Georges Abdallah has been released from prison after 41 years (Image: X/@s_assbague)

BBC ‘stands by’ Jeremy Bowen over claim there is ‘clear evidence’ of Israeli ‘war crimes’

The corporation seemed to suggest that the assertion, which was provided without attribution, was a ‘professional judgement’

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July 25, 2025 12:01

The BBC said it 'stands by' Jeremy Bowen after he claimed there was 'clear evidence' of Israeli war crimes (Image: Alamy)

Man arrested under Terrorism Act for displaying Private Eye joke about Palestine Action

Jon Farley carried a placard bearing an image from the satirical magazine but insists he was not demonstrating any support for a proscribed group

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July 25, 2025 11:40

A pro-Palestine protester was arrested in Leeds for displaying this joke from satirical magazine Private Eye during a march

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Canada becomes third G7 nation to announce it will recognise Palestine at UN conference

Far-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over Hamas

Arab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarm

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Herzliya hotel wins planning approval

More from Jacob Jaffa

GHF claims former contractor turned whistleblower ‘falsified documents’ to spread ‘false narrative’ of IDF shootings

New York Times issues correction after using photo of child suffering from pre-existing condition to show Gaza starvation

Activist featured in No Other Land reportedly killed by sanctioned settler

Netanyahu ‘presented plan for Gaza siege’ at Israeli cabinet meeting

Aid trucks reportedly looted while crossing from Egypt during first humanitarian pause in Gaza

Second child suffering from pre-existing condition used as evidence of Gaza starvation

Netherlands sanctions far-right Israeli ministers over ‘calls for ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

California Republican candidate suggested Auschwitz as a solution to unemployment and praised rival as ‘Aryan super soldier’

Child ‘misleadingly’ presented as symbol of Gaza starvation ‘suffers from muscular disorder’

BBC calls terror group founder jailed over two murders a ‘pro-Palestine convict’

BBC ‘stands by’ Jeremy Bowen over claim there is ‘clear evidence’ of Israeli ‘war crimes’

Man arrested under Terrorism Act for displaying Private Eye joke about Palestine Action