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

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IDF will ‘complete mission’ in Gaza unless Hamas disarms in 60 days, claims top Netanyahu aide

Yossi Fuchs, the cabinet secretary, said the US and Israel would give the terror group until the summer to lay down all of its weapons

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Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025 (Getty Images)

Crowds hold up flags and posters during a demonstration in support of the Iranian opposition on February 14, 2026 at the Theresienwiese fairgrounds in Munich, Germany (Getty Images)

Fresh wave of protests break out in Iran amid international solidarity rallies

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Charedi men clash with police following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026 (Flash90)

IDF chief condemns ‘intolerable reality’ after female soldiers chased by Charedi rioters in Bnei Brak

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Dana Eden attends Apple TV+'s 'Tehran' Season 2 Premiere at The Robin Williams Center on May 04, 2022 in New York City (Getty Images)

Producer of Emmy-winning thriller ‘Tehran’ found dead in Athens hotel room

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Doctors Without Borders pulls out of Nasser Hospital over presence of ‘armed men’

Israel has long claimed that Hamas uses the hospital as an operating base

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February 16, 2026 10:52

A Palestinian woman arrives with a child at the MSF clinic in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on December 31, 2025 (Getty Images)

IOC defends selling T-shirt commemorating 1936 Berlin Olympics

The Olympic site features two garments featuring designs by Nazi propaganda artists, as well as one marking the infamous 1972 Games, which saw the murder of nine members of the Israeli delegation

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February 15, 2026 12:16

A t-shirt sold on the official Olympic website featuring a design used in a Nazi propaganda poster in 1936 (IOC)

Met Police will stop arresting Palestine Action supporters after High Court ruling

The force said it would no longer detain people for displaying support for the group, even though it remains proscribed while the government appeals the verdict

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February 15, 2026 11:25

Demonstrators gather outside the High Court during a ruling on whether the government's ban of Palestine Action was unlawful on February 13, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israeli chief rabbinate to accept female applicants for rabbinical exams for first time ever

The policy change has been confirmed following a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year

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February 13, 2026 12:27

The headquarters of the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024 (Flash90)

Trump says Herzog should be ‘ashamed’ for not offering Netanyahu pardon

The prime minister has submitted a request for clemency in his corruption case, which began in 2020 and remains ongoing

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February 13, 2026 12:12

US President Trump speaks during a bill signing in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

‘I regret the moment I met him’, says Ehud Barak after Epstein recording leak

The former Israeli prime minister insisted he did not know the ‘manner’ of the paedophile's crimes until 2019, despite Epstein admitting soliciting underage girls a decade earlier

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February 13, 2026 11:43

Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein (Getty Images)

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, High Court rules

The group will remain banned while the government considers an appeal

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February 13, 2026 10:32

Melbourne University condemns ‘death to Herzog’ graffiti on campus building

The Israeli president is concluding his state visit to Australia this week, amid a wave of mass protests against his presence

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February 12, 2026 14:21

Protestors march through Canberra city centre during a protest against the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog on February 09, 2026, in Canberra, Australia (Getty Images)

Israeli Culture Minister claims calling October 7 a ‘massacre’ reflects ‘victim mentality’

Hila Abir, whose sister Lotan was murdered in the attacks, compared Miki Zohar’s comments to Holocaust denial

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February 12, 2026 13:07

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, central Israel, February 10, 2026 (Flash90)

Trump ‘insisted’ Iran talks continue in White House meeting with Netanyahu

The US president said he held out hope that a diplomatic deal with the Islamic regime could be ‘consummated’

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February 12, 2026 10:05

President Trump meets Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House on February 11, 2026 (GPO)

Almost a quarter of Israelis will be Charedi by 2050, new study finds

The Israel Democracy Institute’s report suggested that changing demographics and a lack of Charedi integration could cause a drop of 10 per cent in GDP per capita

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February 12, 2026 06:24

Charedi Jews from the Belz Chasidic dynasty celebrate Tu Bishvat in Jerusalem, on February 2, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli research team records world-first breakthrough using blood cancer therapy to treat Alzheimer’s

By using CAR-T cells, a modified form of white blood cells, medics were able to reduce the presence of damaging proteins in the brain tissue of mice

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February 11, 2026 14:18

3D illustration showing amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (Getty Images)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

IDF will ‘complete mission’ in Gaza unless Hamas disarms in 60 days, claims top Netanyahu aide

Fresh wave of protests break out in Iran amid international solidarity rallies

IDF chief condemns ‘intolerable reality’ after female soldiers chased by Charedi rioters in Bnei Brak

Producer of Emmy-winning thriller ‘Tehran’ found dead in Athens hotel room

More from Jacob Jaffa

Doctors Without Borders pulls out of Nasser Hospital over presence of ‘armed men’

IOC defends selling T-shirt commemorating 1936 Berlin Olympics

Met Police will stop arresting Palestine Action supporters after High Court ruling

Israeli chief rabbinate to accept female applicants for rabbinical exams for first time ever

Trump says Herzog should be ‘ashamed’ for not offering Netanyahu pardon

‘I regret the moment I met him’, says Ehud Barak after Epstein recording leak

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, High Court rules

Melbourne University condemns ‘death to Herzog’ graffiti on campus building

Israeli Culture Minister claims calling October 7 a ‘massacre’ reflects ‘victim mentality’

Trump ‘insisted’ Iran talks continue in White House meeting with Netanyahu

Almost a quarter of Israelis will be Charedi by 2050, new study finds

Israeli research team records world-first breakthrough using blood cancer therapy to treat Alzheimer’s