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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Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

More than 300 Foreign Office staff accused Israel of a ‘stark disregard’ for international law in a letter to the foreign secretary

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Around 300 civil servants at the Foreign Office were told to consider resignation after signing a letter raising concern over the UK's 'complicity' in the Gaza War (Image: Getty)

The Board of Deputies has complained to the BBC over a 'problematic and offensive' analysis piece by BBC News International Editor Jeremy Bowen (Image: BBC In Depth)

Board demands answers from BBC over ‘problematic and offensive’ Jeremy Bowen report

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The Shas party has confirmed it will vote to dissolve the Knesset in a row over Charedi enlistment in the IDF (Pictured: Shas leader Aryeh Deri; Image: Flash90)

Netanyahu coalition on the brink as key Charedi party to vote for Knesset dissolution

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Documents seized in Gaza reportedly reveal that Qatar was a 'main artery' of Hamas funding in the run-up to October 7 (Pictured: Late emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (centre-right) with Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh (centre-left), on a visit to Gaza in 2012; Image: Getty)

Seized documents ‘show Qatar funded Hamas’ and ‘disrupted Gaza peace deal’

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Footage shows Hamas command centre under UN-funded hospital where Sinwar was said to have died

The military released a video of its recovery of what it said was the terror’s chief’s remains after it was condemned by the UN for striking the site

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June 9, 2025 11:28

The body of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been recovered by the IDF (Image: IDF)

Pro-Palestine activists ‘re-enact October 7’ during ‘resistance festival’

The bizarre street theatre performance seemingly showed the IDF exclusively killing civilians, while presenting Hamas as heroic

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June 9, 2025 10:46

A group of pro-Palestine activists in Belgium reportedly 're-enacted' October 7 (Image: Instagram/@festivalresistance)

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation insisted that no violence had occurred after reports of shootings at their site in recent days

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June 6, 2025 16:52

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed its distribution sites amid 'excessive crowding' (Image: Getty)

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Tehran is reportedly rebuilding its conventional arsenal as a contingency for expected limitations on its atomic programme

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June 6, 2025 16:14

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

The actor was pictured at an event which uncritically cited death toll figures from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, just before his final appearance aired

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June 6, 2025 14:45

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa was pictured speaking at a pro-Palestine rally two days before he left the show (Image: Instagram/@ChooseLove)

Israel ‘giving weapons to ISIS-linked clans’ to fight Hamas in Gaza

Reports suggest that arms are being channelled to extremists in at least two areas of the Strips as the battle for territorial control rages on

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June 5, 2025 15:30

The Israeli government is reportedly sending weapons to 'ISIS-linked clans' in Gaza to help them fight Hamas (Image: Alamy)

David Miller faces prosecution over call for Zionists to be ‘targeted’

The controversial academic responded to the legal action by calling the group a ‘foreign influence operation’ for a ‘hostile and illegitimate genocidal Jewish supremacist state’

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June 5, 2025 14:52

Kneecap booked for 12,500-seat Wembley arena despite Mo Chara terror charge

The anti-Israel rap trio will have its largest show outside Ireland in the face of significant criticism over its activism

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June 5, 2025 13:58

Kneecap has been booked for a gig at London's OVO Arena Wembley despite the pending terror charge against one of its members (Image: X/@KNEECAPCEOL)

Charedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft law

Orthodox leaders have been enraged by the absence of an exemption for yeshiva students from military service

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June 4, 2025 15:41

United Torah Judaism chair Yitzchak Goldknopf is reportedly pushing to a bill to dissolve the Knesset over the Charedi draft law (Image: Flash90)

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

President Trump’s press secretary accused the corporation of ‘taking the word of Hamas with total truth’

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June 4, 2025 12:24

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked the BBC for its coverage of alleged violence around aid distribution centres in Gaza (Image: Getty)

IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

The site will close for the day for ‘refurbishments’ but its operator reported no disruption to distribution following reports of violence

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June 4, 2025 11:55

The IDF has denied firing on Palestinian civilians at an aid distribution centre (Image: Getty)

Gun-toting Orthodox rabbi turns the tables on would-be car thieves

Emanuel Goldfeiz was still dressed in his Shabbat best when he was attacked by two masked assailants

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May 30, 2025 10:29

An Orthodox rabbi in Baltimore scared off two would-be car thieves after pulling out his legally-owned pistol when they attacked him (Image: CBS News)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

Board demands answers from BBC over ‘problematic and offensive’ Jeremy Bowen report

Netanyahu coalition on the brink as key Charedi party to vote for Knesset dissolution

Seized documents ‘show Qatar funded Hamas’ and ‘disrupted Gaza peace deal’

More from Jacob Jaffa

Footage shows Hamas command centre under UN-funded hospital where Sinwar was said to have died

Pro-Palestine activists ‘re-enact October 7’ during ‘resistance festival’

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

Israel ‘giving weapons to ISIS-linked clans’ to fight Hamas in Gaza

David Miller faces prosecution over call for Zionists to be ‘targeted’

Kneecap booked for 12,500-seat Wembley arena despite Mo Chara terror charge

Charedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft law

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

Gun-toting Orthodox rabbi turns the tables on would-be car thieves