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Jacob Jaffa

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

UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

A report from the global body’s inquiry into the Israel-Palestine conflict claimed that the Jewish State was engaged in a ‘concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life’

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The UN has accused Israel of committing 'extermination' and trying to 'obliterate Palestinian life' in reference to IDF strikes on school facilities in Gaza (Pictured: The aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Yafa school building in Gaza City in April 2025; Image: Getty)

Around 300 civil servants at the Foreign Office were told to consider resignation after signing a letter raising concern over the UK's 'complicity' in the Gaza War (Image: Getty)

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

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The Board of Deputies has complained to the BBC over a 'problematic and offensive' analysis piece by BBC News International Editor Jeremy Bowen (Image: BBC In Depth)

Board demands answers from BBC over ‘problematic and offensive’ Jeremy Bowen report

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The Shas party has confirmed it will vote to dissolve the Knesset in a row over Charedi enlistment in the IDF (Pictured: Shas leader Aryeh Deri; Image: Flash90)

Netanyahu coalition on the brink as key Charedi party to vote for Knesset dissolution

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More from Jacob Jaffa

Seized documents ‘show Qatar funded Hamas’ and ‘disrupted Gaza peace deal’

The files, seized from the terror group in Gaza, reportedly contradict the Israeli government’s claims that the Gulf emirate limited its role to humanitarian assistance

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June 9, 2025 14:25

Documents seized in Gaza reportedly reveal that Qatar was a 'main artery' of Hamas funding in the run-up to October 7 (Pictured: Late emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (centre-right) with Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh (centre-left), on a visit to Gaza in 2012; Image: Getty)

Footage shows Hamas command centre under UN-funded hospital where Sinwar was said to have died

The military released a video of its recovery of what it said was the terror’s chief’s remains after it was condemned by the UN for striking the site

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June 9, 2025 10:28

The body of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been recovered by the IDF (Image: IDF)

Pro-Palestine activists ‘re-enact October 7’ during ‘resistance festival’

The bizarre street theatre performance seemingly showed the IDF exclusively killing civilians, while presenting Hamas as heroic

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June 9, 2025 09:46

A group of pro-Palestine activists in Belgium reportedly 're-enacted' October 7 (Image: Instagram/@festivalresistance)

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation insisted that no violence had occurred after reports of shootings at their site in recent days

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June 6, 2025 15:52

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed its distribution sites amid 'excessive crowding' (Image: Getty)

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Tehran is reportedly rebuilding its conventional arsenal as a contingency for expected limitations on its atomic programme

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June 6, 2025 15:14

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

The actor was pictured at an event which uncritically cited death toll figures from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, just before his final appearance aired

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June 6, 2025 13:45

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa was pictured speaking at a pro-Palestine rally two days before he left the show (Image: Instagram/@ChooseLove)

Israel ‘giving weapons to ISIS-linked clans’ to fight Hamas in Gaza

Reports suggest that arms are being channelled to extremists in at least two areas of the Strips as the battle for territorial control rages on

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June 5, 2025 14:30

The Israeli government is reportedly sending weapons to 'ISIS-linked clans' in Gaza to help them fight Hamas (Image: Alamy)

David Miller faces prosecution over call for Zionists to be ‘targeted’

The controversial academic responded to the legal action by calling the group a ‘foreign influence operation’ for a ‘hostile and illegitimate genocidal Jewish supremacist state’

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June 5, 2025 13:52

The CAA has launched a private prosecution against anti-Zionist academic David Miller (Image: CAA)

Kneecap booked for 12,500-seat Wembley arena despite Mo Chara terror charge

The anti-Israel rap trio will have its largest show outside Ireland in the face of significant criticism over its activism

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June 5, 2025 12:58

Kneecap has been booked for a gig at London's OVO Arena Wembley despite the pending terror charge against one of its members (Image: X/@KNEECAPCEOL)

Charedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft law

Orthodox leaders have been enraged by the absence of an exemption for yeshiva students from military service

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June 4, 2025 14:41

United Torah Judaism chair Yitzchak Goldknopf is reportedly pushing to a bill to dissolve the Knesset over the Charedi draft law (Image: Flash90)

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

President Trump’s press secretary accused the corporation of ‘taking the word of Hamas with total truth’

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June 4, 2025 11:24

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked the BBC for its coverage of alleged violence around aid distribution centres in Gaza (Image: Getty)

IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

The site will close for the day for ‘refurbishments’ but its operator reported no disruption to distribution following reports of violence

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June 4, 2025 10:55

The IDF has denied firing on Palestinian civilians at an aid distribution centre (Image: Getty)

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