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

US Politics

JD Vance appeared on podcast with host who called Sackler family ‘money lizards’

The now-vice President of the US appeared to laugh at the remark

By Jacob Jaffa

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Podcaster Theo Von referred to the Sackler family as 'money lizards' during an interview with JD Vance (Image: YouTube/TheoVon)

Friedrich Merz, whose CDU party won the latest German elections, has reportedly invited Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin in an 'open challenge' to the ICC warrant against him (Image: Getty)

Merz invites Netanyahu to Berlin in ‘open challenge’ to ‘scandalous’ ICC warrant

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Atallah Hanna, a senior archbishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, allegedly sent a 'glowing' letter to Hezbollah praising its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah (Image: Getty)

Israeli police investigating after top archbishop ‘honoured sacrifice’ of slain Hezbollah leader

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The UK Foreign Office has called on Hamas to immediately return Shiri Bibas to Israel (Image: Flash90)

Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

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More from Jacob Jaffa

Steve Bannon accused of making ‘Nazi salute’ in conference speech

Trump’s former chief strategist made the gesture after calling for changes to the US Constitution to allow the president to serve a third term

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February 21, 2025 14:41

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon has been accused of making a Nazi salute during his CPAC speech (Image: Fox News)

How the world’s most popular wrestling championship ended up in a Tel Aviv shopping centre

The belt was contested by megastars like Rick Rude and Jerry Lawler during the sport’s cultural heyday and its lineage maps the tragic history of its founding family

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February 20, 2025 15:23

Kevin and Kerry Von Erich tussle over the WCCW Heavyweight Championship (Image: Reddit)

Dozens of Jewish media figures sign letter questioning BBC over ‘propaganda’ documentary

The broadcaster has been accused of using a child narrator with family ties to Hamas in the film, which recorded the experiences of young people in Gaza.

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February 19, 2025 17:03

A group of prominent Jewish media figures have signed a letter to the BBC expressing concern over a recent documentary about Gaza (Image: Getty)

Who is Howard Lutnick, the ‘abandoned’ orphan with the fate of the global economy in his hands?

The former investment banking prodigy and 9/11 survivor will be responsible for wielding America’s financial might under President Trump

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February 19, 2025 14:12

Howard Lutnick has been confirmed as US Secretary of Commerce (Image: Getty)

Hamas claims Bibas children’s bodies will be among four returned this week

The two boys were the youngest hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and were aged just four and nine months at the time

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February 18, 2025 14:08

Hamas has reportedly confirmed that the Bibas children will be among the deceased hostages returned to Israel this week (Image: Getty)

Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by families

The announcement seemingly reveals the fate of a further eight hostages, including the Bibas children.

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February 18, 2025 10:13

A Hamas official has said that there is a 'high chance' that six hostages will be released on Saturday (Image: Getty)

Hamas will ‘accept PA governing Gaza’ under ceasefire deal

A spokesman for the terror group also called October 7 a ‘historic success’ and indicated that the subsequent war could have been even more widespread

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February 17, 2025 10:58

Hamas has indicated that it would allow the PA to govern Gaza under the ceasefire deal (Image: Getty)

Albanese admits that UN ‘displays some bias’ against Israel in stormy TV interview

The top UN official said that accusations of antisemitism against her were orchestrated by Israel’s ‘squads of minions’ and indicated that she did not believe comparisons of Israel and Nazi Germany were antisemitic

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February 14, 2025 14:20

Francesca Albanese has admitted that the UN 'displays some bias' against Israel (Image: Getty)

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

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February 10, 2025 16:08

Israeli Police have raided two bookshops in East Jerusalem and arrested the owners (Image: Iyad Muna/CNN)

PA to end controversial ‘pay to slay’ programme

The fund could be reformed to remove the incentive for terrorists to commit violent crimes

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February 10, 2025 14:42

PA President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a decree to end the controversial 'pay to slay' scheme (Image: Getty)

Hamas names hostages for release following Gaza aid row delay

The announcement has deepened concern for the welfare of the Bibas children, who remain in Gaza

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February 7, 2025 16:18

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

Trump is not the friend Jews need

The US President just laid out – and appeared to row back on – a roadmap for ethnic cleansing

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February 6, 2025 12:14

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

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