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

Israeli Politics

Watered-down Charedi draft bill set to become law after coalition compromise

A re-drafted version of the law is set to relax requirements for yeshiva students to enlist and reduce penalties for draft dodging

2 min read

Anti-draft posters mocking Shas leader Aryeh Deri in the Charedi neighbourhood of Meah Shearim (Flash90)

Body of Tanzanian kibbutz worker Joshua Mollel released by Hamas

1 min read

Mayoral candidate Omar Fateh campaigns at the Midtown Global Market on November 4, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Getty Images)

Mamdani’s victory is not the only pro-Palestine earthquake shaking American politics

2 min read

Container ships in port on a cloudy day (Getty Images)

UK-Israel trade increased last year despite Gaza War and BDS campaigns

1 min read

UN’s Albanese shares ‘blood libel’ post accusing Israel of ‘executing Palestinian hostages’

The special rapporteur was referring to a bill, currently progressing through the Knesset, to impose the death penalty on terrorists convicted of murdering Israelis

1 min read

November 5, 2025 13:45

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese (C) delivers the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton, Johannesburg, on October 25, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israeli politicians fret after Mamdani's ‘deeply concerning’ NYC mayoral win

Ministers accused the city’s next mayor of promoting ‘anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric’

1 min read

November 5, 2025 11:07

Zohran Mamdani celebrates alongside his wife Rama Duwaji during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025 (Getty Images)

Body of fallen IDF soldier Itay Chen returned by Hamas

‘Wonderful son’ released 760 days after October 7 abduction

1 min read

November 5, 2025 10:02

Anti-Israel Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani elected New York mayor

Mamdani faced allegations of antisemitism during the campaign, but pledged to ‘never waver’ in combating Jew-hate

2 min read

November 5, 2025 07:44

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on October 26, 2025 (Getty Images)

BBC accused of ‘pushing Hamas lies’ after whistleblower report found Gaza coverage ‘minimised Israeli suffering’

Claims against the Jewish state were allegedly ‘raced to air’ without adequate checks in order to ‘paint Israel as the aggressor’

4 min read

November 4, 2025 12:59

London, UK - People outside the main entrance to the BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House in central London.

Knesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terrorists

The bill would not impose the same sentence for Israelis convicted of killing Palestinians

1 min read

November 4, 2025 11:54

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (L) at a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee on November 3, 2025 (Flash90)

Leaked UN resolution to give Trump-led Board of Peace two-year mandate to govern Gaza

The board will also be able to establish a multinational military force to administer security in the Strip until the Palestinian Authority undergoes significant reform

1 min read

November 4, 2025 10:15

The UN Security Council chamber ahead of a meeting in June 2013 (Getty Images)

The Italian spa town where the end of the line became a new beginning for Europe’s Jews

Plus, how South Tyrol could, according to a local guide, hold the secret to peace in Israel

5 min read

November 3, 2025 17:21

Merano town centre, South Tyrol, Italy (Image: Jacob Jaffa)

Dozens of officials from Israel’s largest union arrested in undercover corruption sting

Histadrut chief Arnon Bar-David is reported to be among those detained on suspicion of offences including fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, and tax offences

1 min read

November 3, 2025 11:02

Histadrut chief Arnon Bar-David attends a rally calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza outside the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, September 1, 2024 (Flash90)

IDF’s former top lawyer sparks manhunt after disappearing following resignation over abuse video leak

Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi went missing for several hours and reportedly left a suicide note, before being found alive and well

1 min read

November 3, 2025 10:27

Rescue and police forces search for Military Advocate General Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at Hof HaTzuk Beach in Tel Aviv, November 2, 2025 (Flash90)

Remains of three slain IDF soldiers returned to Israel

The latest release brings the number of hostages remaining in Gaza down to eight

1 min read

November 3, 2025 09:39

(L-R) Colonel Asaf Hamami, Captain Omer Neutra and Staff Sergeant Oz Daniel

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages

The terror group returned three unidentified bodies on Friday, but none have been matched to any of its 11 remaining captives

1 min read

November 2, 2025 10:07

Members of the Red Cross stand amid the rubble of destroyed buildings as heavy machinery operates in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on October 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Watered-down Charedi draft bill set to become law after coalition compromise

Body of Tanzanian kibbutz worker Joshua Mollel released by Hamas

Mamdani’s victory is not the only pro-Palestine earthquake shaking American politics

UK-Israel trade increased last year despite Gaza War and BDS campaigns

More from Jacob Jaffa

UN’s Albanese shares ‘blood libel’ post accusing Israel of ‘executing Palestinian hostages’

Israeli politicians fret after Mamdani's ‘deeply concerning’ NYC mayoral win

Body of fallen IDF soldier Itay Chen returned by Hamas

Anti-Israel Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani elected New York mayor

BBC accused of ‘pushing Hamas lies’ after whistleblower report found Gaza coverage ‘minimised Israeli suffering’

Knesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terrorists

Leaked UN resolution to give Trump-led Board of Peace two-year mandate to govern Gaza

The Italian spa town where the end of the line became a new beginning for Europe’s Jews

Dozens of officials from Israel’s largest union arrested in undercover corruption sting

IDF’s former top lawyer sparks manhunt after disappearing following resignation over abuse video leak

Remains of three slain IDF soldiers returned to Israel

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages