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

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Hostages

Hamas names three hostages to be released tomorrow as Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas

The announcement deepens concern over the fate of the Bibas children

By Jacob Jaffa

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(L-R) Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas have been listed for release from Gaza tomorrow (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
RFK Jr denied that he had claimed Covid-19 was 'ethnically targeted' during a torrid Senate confirmation hearing (Image: C-Span)

RFK Jr denies claim he said Covid was ‘targeted’ to ‘spare Jews’ in confirmation hearing

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Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed he is working on an 'operational plan' to resettle some Palestinians from Gaza to countries like Jordan and Egypt (Image: Getty)

Smotrich working on ‘operational plan’ to resettle displaced Palestinians outside of Gaza

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Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to court for the latest hearings in his ongoing corruption trial (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu hits out at ‘nonsense charges’ as he returns to court to testify in corruption trial

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January 23, 2025 11:46
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Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 people involved in the January 6 riots, including members of the far-right Proud Boys group (Image: Getty)

Head of Palestine Solidarity Campaign charged with ‘breaching police conditions’ at chaotic march

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January 20, 2025 19:14
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IDF preparing for ‘significant operations’ in the West Bank

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January 20, 2025 14:49
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Herzi Halevi has told troops to prepare for 'significant operations' in the West Bank 'in the coming days' (Image: Getty)

First Hamas hostages to be released ‘on Sunday’, Israeli government says

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January 16, 2025 16:59
Women, children, men under 50 and the sick are among the 33 hostages in Gaza expected to return first (Getty)

Who are the UK-linked hostages that could be on the brink of freedom?

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January 13, 2025 16:38
Uncertainty lingers over the fate of the British hostages trapped in Gaza as a deal between Israel and Hamas is said to be 'imminent' (Picture: Getty)

News UK Jewish employees ‘deeply upset’ by ‘extreme antisemitism’ on Piers Morgan Uncensored

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January 9, 2025 14:40
Jewish employees of News UK have been "deeply upset" by the platforming of "dangerous" antisemitism on Piers Morgan's show (Picture: Getty)

Who was Jean-Marie Le Pen, the Holocaust denier who reshaped the French far-right?

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January 8, 2025 17:29
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right Front National, has died (Picture: Getty)
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