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

Olympics

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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‘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)

Israeli teachers’ union backs plan for shorter school week

The Jewish state is one of the only OECD nations that requires students to attend school six days a week

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February 11, 2026 12:03

Yaffa Ben David, the secretary general of the Teachers Union, attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting in the Knesset on August 14, 2024 (Flash90)

IDF drawing up new Gaza offensive in case Hamas refuses to disarm

The terror group’s leadership has repeatedly refused to commit to giving up its weapons, despite this being a condition of the US-backed ceasefire plan

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February 11, 2026 10:56

An Israeli soldier stands near an armored personnel carrier near the border with the northern Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on January 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Islamic nations will ‘do to Israel what Hamas did’ when they get the chance, claims grandson of former Ayatollah

Ali Ahmad Khomeini told a Lebanese TV station that Muslim nations had a “duty” to “erase” the Jewish state

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February 10, 2026 14:57

US reaffirms opposition to annexation after Israeli cabinet approves expansion of West Bank powers

Ministers made it easier for Israelis to purchase property in the territory and expanded their administrative authority in areas run by the Palestinian Authority

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February 10, 2026 13:32

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Flash90)

Knesset advances key state budget law after Charedi parties back down from rebellion threat

The parliament will be dissolved and fresh elections called unless the budget bill is passed by the end of next month

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February 10, 2026 10:37

Shas leader Aryeh Deri in the Knesset plenum hall on February 2, 2026 (Flash90)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

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

More from Jacob Jaffa

‘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

Israeli teachers’ union backs plan for shorter school week

IDF drawing up new Gaza offensive in case Hamas refuses to disarm

Islamic nations will ‘do to Israel what Hamas did’ when they get the chance, claims grandson of former Ayatollah

US reaffirms opposition to annexation after Israeli cabinet approves expansion of West Bank powers

Knesset advances key state budget law after Charedi parties back down from rebellion threat