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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Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced with ‘baby killer’ slur

The vandalism came as five people were arrested in London for allegedly harassing the actress during filming

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Gal Gadot's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been defaced to label her a 'baby killer' (Image: X/@Eve_Barlow)

Ravid Chaim Gez passed away in hospital this morning just under two weeks after he was delivered by emergency caesarian (Image: Gez family via X/@AmitSegal)

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

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Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has said his country is 'ready to recognise Israel' if Jerusalem makes the equivalent gesture for a Palestinian state (Image: Getty)

Indonesia ‘ready to recognise Israel’ to ‘achieve true peace’

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Israel has confirmed the death of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in a recent air strike in Gaza (Image: IDF)

Israel confirms death of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar

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ICC considering warrants against Smotrich and Ben-Gvir

Chief prosecutor Karim Khan was reportedly preparing to seek the far-right ministers’ arrests before he was suspended pending an investigation into allegations of sexual assault against him

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May 28, 2025 12:17

The ICC is reportedly considering issuing arrest warrants for far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

US suspends student visa applications over college antisemitism probe

The pause will allow the Trump administration to set up procedures to vet candidates’ social media activity

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May 28, 2025 10:52

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has paused new applications for student visas ahead of the rollout of new social media vetting standards (Image: Getty)

Israeli far-right hijack Jerusalem Day celebrations with ‘death to Arabs’ chants and Temple Mount prayer

Extremists used the occasion to call for Arab villages to be burned and break the ban on Jewish worship at the holy site

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May 27, 2025 14:42

Protestors clashed with police in Jerusalem on Monday after members of the far-right chanted 'death to the Arabs' during Yom Yerushalayim celebrations (Image: Flash90)

UJS deputy resigns from Board over ‘genocidal assault’ on Gaza

Daniel Grossman accused the Board of being ‘morally bankrupt’ and failing to ‘represent the increasing diversity of opinion’ about Israel within the Jewish community

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May 27, 2025 12:23

UJS deputy Daniel Grossman has resigned from the Board in protest at what he called Israel's 'genocidal assault' on Gaza (Image: UJS)

Former Supreme Court justices among 800 lawyers to call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza ‘genocide’

A letter sent to the prime minister to urged him to impose the measures to comply with ‘fundamental international legal obligations’

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May 27, 2025 11:23

Former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption is among 800 lawyers calling on the UK to impose sanctions on Israel (Image: Alamy)

Foreign Office denies funding ‘Hamas-linked’ UNICEF programme

A Channel 12 report claiming to expose $23 million in UK cash flowing through the terror group was refuted on the basis of an apparent mix-up

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May 27, 2025 10:27

The Foreign Office has denied claims it funded a humanitarian programme run in coordination with a Hamas-controlled ministry in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Head of Israel-backed Gaza aid firm resigns over ‘humanitarian principles’

Gaza aid blockade: Head of Israel-backed distribution firm resigns over 'humanitarian principles'

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May 26, 2025 10:06

The executive tasked with leading the new Israeli-backed aid plan in Gaza has resigned, citing 'humanitarian principles'

Netanyahu sets Trump Gaza plan as condition for ending the war

The Israeli PM called the proposal, which would see Gaza’s population relocated to third countries, ‘correct and revolutionary’

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May 22, 2025 15:30

Benjamin Netanyahu has seemingly set the implementation of President Trump's plan for Gaza's future as a pre-condition for ending the war in the Strip (Image: Getty)

Kanye West announces he’s ‘done with antisemitism’ after releasing ‘Heil Hitler’ song

The rapper, who has previously identified as a ‘Nazi’, may have been responding to the shooting of two Jewish diplomats in Washington DC last night

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May 22, 2025 14:28

Kanye West has claimed he is 'done with antisemitism' just weeks after releasing his new single, titled Heil Hitler (Image: Getty)

Who were the two Israeli embassy workers killed in the Washington DC shooting?

Yaron Lichinsky and Sarah Milgrim were reportedly set to be engaged next week but were gunned down outside an American Jewish Committee event

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May 22, 2025 09:56

Member of anti-Israel band Kneecap charged with terror offence over Hezbollah flag clip

Liam O’Hanna, stage name Mo Chara, came under scrutiny after a video emerged of him allegedly yelling ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ at a 2024 gig in London

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May 21, 2025 20:07

New Gaza campaign ‘very close to a war crime’ claims ex-Israeli PM

Ehud Olmert described the conflict as a ‘war without a purpose’ and said death toll on both sides was ‘obnoxious and outrageous’

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May 21, 2025 16:11

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has claimed that the new Gaza offensive is 'very close to a war crime' (Image: Flash90)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced with ‘baby killer’ slur

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

Indonesia ‘ready to recognise Israel’ to ‘achieve true peace’

Israel confirms death of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar

More from Jacob Jaffa

ICC considering warrants against Smotrich and Ben-Gvir

US suspends student visa applications over college antisemitism probe

Israeli far-right hijack Jerusalem Day celebrations with ‘death to Arabs’ chants and Temple Mount prayer

UJS deputy resigns from Board over ‘genocidal assault’ on Gaza

Former Supreme Court justices among 800 lawyers to call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza ‘genocide’

Foreign Office denies funding ‘Hamas-linked’ UNICEF programme

Head of Israel-backed Gaza aid firm resigns over ‘humanitarian principles’

Netanyahu sets Trump Gaza plan as condition for ending the war

Kanye West announces he’s ‘done with antisemitism’ after releasing ‘Heil Hitler’ song

Who were the two Israeli embassy workers killed in the Washington DC shooting?

Member of anti-Israel band Kneecap charged with terror offence over Hezbollah flag clip

New Gaza campaign ‘very close to a war crime’ claims ex-Israeli PM