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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

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Israeli Politics

Likud MK slammed for comparing court staff to Jewish Nazi collaborators after being thrown out of Qatargate hearing

Tally Gotliv reportedly drew parallels between security guards and the Judenräte, Jewish councils set up by the Third Reich to enforce Nazi rule on the community

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Likd MK Tally Gotliv has been criticised for reportedly comparing court staff to Jews who collaborated with the Nazis after being ejected from a hearing (Image: Flash90)
The PA has announced the creation of a committee to govern Gaza and draft a new constitution for a unified Palestinian state (Pictured: PA President Mahmoud Abbas (c) at the UN building in New York last year; Image: Getty)

PA announces committee on taking over Gaza and drafting Palestinian constitution

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Major General Aharon Haliva, who resigned as head of the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate last year, was recorded saying deaths in Gaza were 'necessary', adding that it 'doesn't matter if they are children' (Image: Flash90)

Former head of IDF military intelligence said 50k Gaza deaths were ‘necessary’ to make Palestinians ‘feel the price’ of October 7

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BBC News has issued a 'clarification' after it reported that a Gaza cancer patient receiving treatment in Italy 'died of malnutrition' (Image: Getty)

BBC backtracks on claim that Gazan cancer patient ‘died of malnutrition’

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Group of Gazan children to come to the UK for medical treatment

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August 18, 2025 12:56
A group of Gazan children will travel to the UK 'in the coming weeks' to receive medical treatment (Image: Getty)

Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

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August 18, 2025 10:49
Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman has been banned from entering Australia hours before he was due to visit the country to meet the victims of recent antisemitic attacks (Image: Flash90)

Corbyn ‘capitulated’ over antisemitism, claims Zarah Sultana after launch of new party

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August 18, 2025 10:22
Zarah Sultana has claimed that Jeremy Corbyn 'capitulated' over antisemitism while he was Labour leader (Image: Getty)

Gazan woman who ‘died of malnutrition’ in Italian hospital was actually cancer patient

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August 18, 2025 10:02
A Gazan woman who reportedly 'died of malnutrition' in Pisa's University Hospital was actually suffering from an aggressive form of cancer, it has emerged (Image: GuidaToscana)

Senior Labour MP signs letter calling on Starmer to expel Israeli ambassador over Gaza ‘genocide’

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August 15, 2025 10:21
Labours Abtisam Mohamed (c) was among the signatories to a letter calling on the prime minister to expel Israel's UK ambassador (Image: Alamy)

Gazans could be resettled in Ethiopia, Libya or South Sudan under ‘voluntary emigration’ plans

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August 15, 2025 09:30
Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan have reportedly been discussed as potential destinations for the resettlement of displaced Gazans (Image: Getty)

Toronto film festival backtracks after banning October 7 film because Hamas didn’t give permission

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August 14, 2025 09:39
The Toronto International Film Festival has apologised after cancelling the screening of a documentary about the October 7 attacks (Image: Getty)

British intelligence ‘suspected’ Rolex founder of being Nazi spy

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August 13, 2025 14:43
Declassified documents have reportedly revealed that British intelligence agencies suspected Rolex co-founder Hans Wilsdorf of being a Nazi spy (Image: Rolex)

New report claims more journalists died in Gaza than in both world wars combined

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August 13, 2025 14:20
A new report has claimed that more journalists have been killed in the Gaza War than in both world wars combined (Image: Getty)

UN-backed watchdog lowers famine threshold in Gaza report

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August 13, 2025 12:26
The IPC has reportedly lowered its threshold to declare famine in Gaza (Image: Getty)

IDF releases footage of terrorist fighters posing as aid workers in Gaza

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August 13, 2025 11:11
The IDF has released footage showing terrorists posing as World Central Kitchen aid workers (Image: IDF)

Fresh row between government and IDF as Defence Minister clashes with military chief over promotions

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August 12, 2025 13:30
Defence Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir have publicly clashed over the latest round of military promotions
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