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 football

Irish FA backs motion to ban Israel from European football

If approved by Uefa, Israel teams will be banned from both club and international competition on the continent

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The Israeli national soccer team plays against Poland in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2019 (Flash90)

Former IDF Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is released to house arrest outside the Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramla, November 7, 2025 (Flash90)

IDF’s former top lawyer hospitalised following house arrest

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Simcha and Lea Goldin, parents of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, hold a press conference outside their home in Kfar Saba on November 9, 2025 (Flash90)

Body of fallen soldier Hadar Goldin returned to Israel after 11 years

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Military helicopters at the Mezzeh Air Base in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024 (Getty Images)

US to establish military presence in Syria for first time in six years

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Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords

The Central Asian state already has diplomatic relations with Israel, but the US believes its addition can give the agreements ‘momentum’ ahead of potential Saudi inclusion

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November 7, 2025 10:25

Then-Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev with Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016 (Getty Images)

Paramount keeps blacklist of ‘overtly antisemitic’ talent

The company also openly denounced a star-studded letter accusing Israel of genocide

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November 6, 2025 14:18

An aerial view of the water tower at Paramount Studios on October 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California (Getty Images)

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

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November 6, 2025 11:16

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

The 21-year-old agricultural intern had arrived in Israel just 19 days before the October 7 attacks

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November 6, 2025 10:43

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

Omar Fateh, who has accused the Jewish state of ‘genocide’, has forced a run-off in the race to be the next mayor of Minneapolis

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November 5, 2025 16:01

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

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

The growth was driven by a surge of financial services exports to the Jewish state and the returning influx of IT firms

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November 5, 2025 13:52

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

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

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November 5, 2025 13:45