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

Israel

One dead after Iranian ‘cluster bombs’ hit central Israel

Several others are in serious condition in hospital as the Islamic Republic ramped up attacks in the region

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Israeli rescue and emergency forces at the scene where shrapnel from a ballistic missile fired from Iran fell in Yehud, March 9, 2026 (Flash90)

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, pictured in 2020 (Getty Images)

Mojtaba Khamenei confirmed as new supreme leader of Iran

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US President Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on March 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

‘I have to be involved’ in selection of Iran’s new supreme leader, says Trump

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Rocket trails from an interception by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system are pictured over Jerusalem on March 1, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel eases public restrictions as Iranian strikes slow

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IDF sets out legal justification for Khamenei strike

Two of Iran’s most senior clerics have issued a fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to take revenge against ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’ for the supreme leader’s death

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March 6, 2026 10:31

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a state television broadcast on June 18, 2025 in Tehran, Iran (Getty Images)

Four arrested over alleged Iran-linked plot against London’s Jewish community

The suspects were arrested under the National Security Act and the investigation is being led by Counter Terrorism Police

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March 6, 2026 09:25

Side view of a London Metropolitan Police car (Getty Images)

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

Senators voted largely along party lines to give the Trump administration a broad mandate to continue striking the Islamic Republic

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March 5, 2026 11:49

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talks to reporters ahead of a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from continuing the military campaign against Iran (Getty Images)

Iran’s grand ayatollahs issue fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to avenge Khamenei’s death

Hossein Noori Hamedani and Naser Makarem Shirazi said it was a ‘religious duty’ to take revenge on ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’

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March 5, 2026 10:22

Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a press conference on May 10, 2024 (Getty Images)

US ‘in active talks’ with Iraqi Kurds over potential CIA-backed Iran regime change

American intelligence agencies are reportedly discussing arming Kurdish militias to facilitate regime change in the Islamic Republic

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March 4, 2026 11:51

Members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) participate in a military drill in an outpost near Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq, on January 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Navy could be deployed to protect ships through Strait of Hormuz

President Trump also ordered a federal agency to provide insurance to commercial vessels passing through the vital trade route

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March 4, 2026 11:09

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its associated strike group pictured in the Arabian Sea on February 2, 2026 (Getty Images)

Trump claims Iranian air defences ‘gone’ as dogfights erupt over Tehran

The US is now openly running bombing raids on the Islamic Republic, having previously used undetectable stealth bombers

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March 4, 2026 10:40

Smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran reportedly selects Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader

Mojtaba Khamenei joined the IRGC at 17 and has been described by analysts as ‘like his father – but on steroids’

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March 4, 2026 07:41

Mojtaba Khamenei (C), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, on May 31, 2019 (Getty Images)

Tel Aviv stock exchange closes at record high following outbreak of Iran War

The shekel also strengthened against the dollar, approaching a 30-year high

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March 3, 2026 14:54

Exterior view of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on October 08, 2025 (Flash90)

Trump claims Iran War ‘ahead of schedule’ but could last four weeks

The president also suggested that he would be willing to put US boots on the ground, but that the war effort ‘probably doesn’t need them’

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March 3, 2026 13:59

US President Trump speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran had enough enriched uranium to build 11 nuclear bombs, claims Witkoff

The US special envoy told the media that Iranian negotiators had boasted openly of the Islamic Republic’s atomic capabilities during crunch talks in Geneva

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March 3, 2026 11:17