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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Iran

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Qatar has already expelled some Iranian embassy staff after a strike on its largest gas production facility

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A representative of Qatar delivers a speech on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

A Palestinian civil defence worker inspects the site where shrapnel from projectiles fell in Beit Awa near the West Bank city of Hebron on March 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

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Qatar Energy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, pictured on March 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

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US President Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One en route to Miami on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

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Jewish football journalist shares photos at Gail’s amid row over Guardian colleague’s ‘disgusting’ column

Jacob Steinberg posted images of a challah loaf after Jonathan Liew’s column claimed that the bakery’s presence near a Palestinian café in Archway was ‘an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression’

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March 18, 2026 15:44

Photo of a Gail's challah shared by Guardian journalist Jacob Steinberg (X/JacobSteinberg)

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

The president, who is suing the corporation over a separate complaint about its coverage of the 2020 election, called the tone of its reporting on the conflict ‘unbelievable’

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March 18, 2026 11:43

US President Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Elderly couple killed in cluster bomb strike on Ramat Gan

The strike was launched as revenge for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani

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March 18, 2026 10:53

Israeli security and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene of a missile strike in Ramat Gan, central Israel on March 18, 2026 (Flash90)

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

The US and Iran have traded blame for the incident, which local authorities say killed 168 people

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March 17, 2026 15:14

This picture, obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israeli journalist sent death threats by ‘prediction market’ speculators over Iran missile report

Emanuel Fabian was allegedly pressured to change details of his coverage in an apparent attempt to manipulate the outcome of online bets

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March 17, 2026 15:04

Times of Israel military correspondent Emanuel Fabian, pictured on November 20, 2024 (Flash90)

Head of US counter-terror agency resigns, blaming Iran War on ‘powerful’ Israel lobby

Joe Kent said he was leaving his position as he could not support the conflict ‘in good conscience’

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March 17, 2026 14:41

Joe Kent, the now-ex director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)

Iran hits US embassy in Baghdad as Gulf strikes continue

President Trump also put pressure on Nato allies to join his initiative to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, but European powers appear reluctant to get involved

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March 17, 2026 11:42

A plume of smoke rises over the Iraqi capital Baghdad on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iranian security chief Larijani ‘killed in IDF strike’

A separate strike also reportedly eliminated the leadership of one of the IRGC’s key paramilitaries

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March 17, 2026 10:36

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

Police investigating after Palestinian family shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank

Investigators said the family’s car accelerated towards soldiers and border police officers during an operation to arrest suspected terrorists

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March 16, 2026 13:32

Residents of the West Bank town of Tammun grieve over the bodies of four members of a Palestinian family, shot by Israeli security forces, during their funeral on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF begins ‘targeted ground operation’ in Lebanon

Defence Minister Israel Katz suggested last week that Israel could seize territory in the southern part of the country until Hezbollah is defeated

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March 16, 2026 11:34

An Israeli artillery unit fires towards Southern Lebanon from a position on the Israeli side of the border on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF planning ‘at least’ three more weeks of Iran strikes

Army spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin confirmed that officials have ‘deeper plans’ for the war beyond the Pesach holiday

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March 16, 2026 11:10

Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Netanyahu posts second video debunking viral death hoax spread by pro-Iran accounts

The prime minister took a camera crew on his morning coffee run after conspiracy theories that he had been killed in an airstrike went viral on social media

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March 16, 2026 10:46

A still from a video posted by Prime Minister Netanyahu in response to claims pushed by pro-Iran social media accounts that he had been killed (X/Benjamin Netanyahu)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

More from Jacob Jaffa

Jewish football journalist shares photos at Gail’s amid row over Guardian colleague’s ‘disgusting’ column

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

Elderly couple killed in cluster bomb strike on Ramat Gan

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

Israeli journalist sent death threats by ‘prediction market’ speculators over Iran missile report

Head of US counter-terror agency resigns, blaming Iran War on ‘powerful’ Israel lobby

Iran hits US embassy in Baghdad as Gulf strikes continue

Iranian security chief Larijani ‘killed in IDF strike’

Police investigating after Palestinian family shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank

IDF begins ‘targeted ground operation’ in Lebanon

IDF planning ‘at least’ three more weeks of Iran strikes

Netanyahu posts second video debunking viral death hoax spread by pro-Iran accounts