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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Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf apologises after apparently ‘liking’ antisemitic tweet calling Tory rival a ‘traiterous Zogbot’

The former party chair claimed that the like was an accident and was done by one of his staff with access to his account.

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Syrian security forces are redeploying to Sweida after a fresh round of Israeli airstrikes (Image: Getty)

Syrian security forces redeploy to Druze city as Israel resumes airstrikes after Bedouin attacks

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Diane Abbott suspended from Labour after doubling down on suggestion Jews don’t experience racism

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An Islamic radio station was fined by Ofcom after broadcasting an antisemitic sermon from Pakistani imam Shuja Uddin Sheikh (Image: YouTube/@ShujaUddinSheikh)

Islamic radio station that said Jews ‘kill prophets’ accuses Ofcom of ‘Islamophobia’

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Three women arrested after van rammed into fence of Israeli-linked defence firm

Police confirmed the trio were detained under the Terrorism Act 2000 following the attempted attack on major aerospace company Leonardo

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July 17, 2025 13:33

Three women have been arrested following a van ramming attack at a plant owned by an Israeli-linked defence firm (Image: X/@Osinttechnical)

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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July 17, 2025 11:58

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

The veteran MP appeared to defend remarks made in 2023 when she suggested that Jews, Travellers and Irish people do not experience racism

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July 17, 2025 10:17

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

The prime minister also called on Israel to open ‘full and transparent’ investigations into reports of civilian deaths

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July 16, 2025 12:42

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)

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

The foundation claimed agents affiliated with the terror group ‘deliberately fomented the unrest’ that saw 20 people killed

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July 16, 2025 11:50

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

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)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf apologises after apparently ‘liking’ antisemitic tweet calling Tory rival a ‘traiterous Zogbot’

Syrian security forces redeploy to Druze city as Israel resumes airstrikes after Bedouin attacks

Diane Abbott suspended from Labour after doubling down on suggestion Jews don’t experience racism

Islamic radio station that said Jews ‘kill prophets’ accuses Ofcom of ‘Islamophobia’

More from Jacob Jaffa

Three women arrested after van rammed into fence of Israeli-linked defence firm

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

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