Jacob Jaffa

1 week ago | thejc.com | Jacob Jaffa

However, his lawyers claim that he was detained in Colchester, Vermont on Monday while attending his citizenship interview at an immigration office – one of the final stages of the naturalisation process. His current whereabouts are unknown. Neither ICE nor the state department has yet commented on the reasons for Mahdawi’s detention, but it follows similar arrests of several other student activists over allegations of antisemitism on picket lines.

1 week ago | thejc.com | Jacob Jaffa

However, the latest reports suggest that Tehran is unlikely to allow its nuclear development to be halted entirely – as many in Jerusalem had demanded. Instead, according to Axios, initial proposals would see Iran continue developing nuclear capability but only for power generation, with a clear roadmap away from any weaponisation.

1 week ago | thejc.com | Jacob Jaffa

In a statement yesterday, it confirmed that the BBC had agreed to “an independent Thematic Review into its coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict” and a “full fact-finding review into the making of the highly problematic programme Gaza: How To Survive a Warzone”, with the latter already underway It added that the corporation had “facilitated training on antisemitism over the past year” and is “considering plans to roll out training more widely”, saying: ”Given serious concerns about the health...

1 week ago | thejc.com | Jacob Jaffa

Indeed, the Trump administration conceded that there was no evidence he had participated in the occupation, instead acting only as a negotiator with university administrators on behalf of the demonstrators. However, the State Department’s legal team argued that Khalil held antisemitic views and that he presented a threat to national security, allowing his residency to be revoked under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.

1 week ago | thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross |Jacob Jaffa

As a result, it is an offence to be a member of Hamas or to invite support for it in the UK. Riverway, though, argued that Hamas “poses no threat to the UK people and have been explicit about this”, despite 18 British citizens being among the 1,2000 killed on October 7.