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

Iran

Iran could plan attacks abroad if US launches strikes, Western officials warn

US and Iranian negotiators are due to meet on Thursday for the latest round of talks aimed at limiting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme and staving off a military clash

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) speaks during a bilateral meeting between Switzerland and Iran during a second round of US-Iranian talks in Geneva on February 17, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, during an interview with Tucker Carlson on 21 February, 2026 (YouTube/TheTuckerCarlsonShow)

Arab leaders condemn Huckabee for claiming ‘it would be fine’ if Israel took over Middle East territory

1 min read

US President Trump (C), flanked by Vice President JD Vance (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R), joins leaders for a group photo during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

Board of Peace commits $17bn to Gaza reconstruction

3 min read

A police patrol car outside the Dissent Café and Bar in Canberra, Australia, on February 18, 2026 (X/Dissent Café and Bar)

Australian bar shut down over posters depicting ‘Netanyahu in Nazi uniform’

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Board of Peace set to hold first Washington summit today

World leaders and senior officials, including Sir Tony Blair, are expected to attend, though the UK and EU, as well as the Pope, will be notable absentees

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February 19, 2026 11:05

US President Trump (C) alongside (L-R) President of Paraguay Santiago Pena, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Bahrain's Minister of the Prime Minister's Court, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, President of Argentina Javier Milei, and Prime Minister of Mongolia Gombojavyn Zandanshatar at the Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF names soldier killed in ‘friendly fire’ incident

Staff Sergeant Ofri Yafe was shot dead after another team from within his own unit mistook him and his comrades for enemy combatants

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February 19, 2026 10:38

Prominent religious Zionist rabbis call on IDF to halt integration of female soldiers into tank units

The rabbis claim that allowing women to serve in the Armoured Corps would ‘effectively exclude’ Charedi recruits

2 min read

February 18, 2026 15:06

IDF tanks on the southern border with Gaza on October 16, 2025 (Flash90)

US ‘recruiting organised crime gangs’ for post-war Gaza police

Washington has reportedly presented plans for a law enforcement body made up of existing anti-Hamas militias to Western allies

1 min read

February 18, 2026 11:44

Gazan police officers gather at a checkpoint in Gaza City on January 20, 2025 (Getty Images)

Settler rabbis issue statement condemning violence against West Bank Palestinians

The religious leaders suggested that an uptick in attacks by Jewish extremists could harm the settlement agenda as a whole

1 min read

February 18, 2026 10:59

Palestinians inspect cars burned by extremist Jewish settlers the previous night in the town of Hawara, near Nablus in the West Bank, November 21, 2025 (Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff Asher Hayon dies aged 58

The prime minister paid tribute to his former top aide’s ‘sound judgment, a huge heart, and human warmth’

1 min read

February 17, 2026 15:08

Asher Hayon (L) with Prime Minister Netanyahu during his tenure as chief of staff (X/ShieldOfTruth)

Israeli city threatens closure of Charedi-owned shopping centre after alleged removal of ‘female symbols’

The sect whose members own the outlet reportedly ordered shop owners to take down photos of female models, which the local government claimed was a ‘violation of the law’

2 min read

February 17, 2026 14:13

Simcha Greenbaum (L) and Menachem Kain (R), the new owners of Arad Mall, pose for a photo on January 11, 2026 (Flash90)

Charedi rioters who chased female soldiers through the streets released by police

Investigators confirmed that 26 suspects had been arrested during the unrest in Bnei Brak, but most have since been freed as only seven have been kept on house arrest

1 min read

February 17, 2026 11:50

A Charedi woman is escorted away by police as strictly-Orthodox men riot following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026 (Flash90)

Second round of US-Iran talks set to begin in Geneva

President Trump has confirmed he will be ‘indirectly’ involved in the negotiations this time around, but did not specify exactly what his role would be

1 min read

February 17, 2026 10:55

Protesters hold placards and portraits as they demonstrate in front of the United Nations' office ahead of indirect nuclear talks between the United States and Iran in Geneva on February 17, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF will ‘complete mission’ in Gaza unless Hamas disarms in 60 days, claims top Netanyahu aide

Yossi Fuchs, the cabinet secretary, said the US and Israel would give the terror group until the summer to lay down all of its weapons

1 min read

February 17, 2026 10:43

Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025 (Getty Images)

Fresh wave of protests break out in Iran amid international solidarity rallies

Clips circulating online appear to show residents of major cities chanting ‘death to the dictator’ and ‘long live the Shah’

1 min read

February 16, 2026 15:27

Crowds hold up flags and posters during a demonstration in support of the Iranian opposition on February 14, 2026 at the Theresienwiese fairgrounds in Munich, Germany (Getty Images)

IDF chief condemns ‘intolerable reality’ after female soldiers chased by Charedi rioters in Bnei Brak

The pair were unarmed and visiting a member of their unit, but were reportedly mistaken for members of the military police enforcing draft orders

2 min read

February 16, 2026 14:55

Charedi men clash with police following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026 (Flash90)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Iran could plan attacks abroad if US launches strikes, Western officials warn

Arab leaders condemn Huckabee for claiming ‘it would be fine’ if Israel took over Middle East territory

Board of Peace commits $17bn to Gaza reconstruction

Australian bar shut down over posters depicting ‘Netanyahu in Nazi uniform’

More from Jacob Jaffa

Board of Peace set to hold first Washington summit today

IDF names soldier killed in ‘friendly fire’ incident

Prominent religious Zionist rabbis call on IDF to halt integration of female soldiers into tank units

US ‘recruiting organised crime gangs’ for post-war Gaza police

Settler rabbis issue statement condemning violence against West Bank Palestinians

Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff Asher Hayon dies aged 58

Israeli city threatens closure of Charedi-owned shopping centre after alleged removal of ‘female symbols’

Charedi rioters who chased female soldiers through the streets released by police

Second round of US-Iran talks set to begin in Geneva

IDF will ‘complete mission’ in Gaza unless Hamas disarms in 60 days, claims top Netanyahu aide

Fresh wave of protests break out in Iran amid international solidarity rallies

IDF chief condemns ‘intolerable reality’ after female soldiers chased by Charedi rioters in Bnei Brak