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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

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Normalisation

Saudi Arabia rules out Israel normalisation under Trump Gaza plan

The Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry has seemingly made an agreement conditional on a two-state solution

By Jacob Jaffa

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has confirmed that the Kingdom will not normalise relations with Israel until a Palestinian state is established in response to US President Trump's Gaza plan (Image: Getty)
Keith Siegel's release means all three Israeli hostages expected today have now been freed (Image: Getty)

Update: Hostage releases completed as Keith Siegel freed in Gaza City

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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)

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

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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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January 27, 2025 16:21
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January 27, 2025 14:45
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So that we never forget: Rare colourised photos of death camp liberation revealed

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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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January 21, 2025 14:13
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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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)

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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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