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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East Jerusalem

Two arrested in Israeli raids on East Jerusalem bookshops

Police have accused the shops’ owners of ‘incitement and support for terrorism’ but critics have claimed that the arrests were unjustified

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israeli Police have raided two bookshops in East Jerusalem and arrested the owners (Image: Iyad Muna/CNN)
PA President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a decree to end the controversial 'pay to slay' scheme (Image: Getty)

PA to end controversial ‘pay to slay’ programme

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Hamas has named the three hostages set for release tomorrow as Or Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami and Eliyahu Sharabi (Image: Getty)

Hamas names hostages for release following Gaza aid row delay

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Trump's Gaza plan may never happen, but it should prompt a shudder from Jews the world over

Trump is not the friend Jews need

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Keith Siegel's release means all three Israeli hostages expected today have now been freed (Image: Getty)

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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)

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A survivor is escorted out of the gates of Penig concentration camp (Image: US National Archives/Spaceship Earth)

Israel asks to delay Lebanon withdrawal days ahead of deadline

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January 23, 2025 11:46
The IDF is reportedly seeking a delay to its withdrawal from southern Lebanon, which is meant to conclude by Sunday (Image: Getty)

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PSC director Ben Jamal has been charged in relation to Saturday's chaotic pro-Palestine march (Image: Alamy)

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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)

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