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

Israel

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

The status of many of those taken by Hamas on October 7 remains unknown as negotiations enter their ‘final’ phase

By Jacob Jaffa

4 min read

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)

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

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

2 min read

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

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

2 min read