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Yaakov Lappin

Yaakov Lappin

Yaakov Lappin is an Israel-based military affairs correspondent and analyst. He is the in-house analyst at the Miryam Institute; a research associate at the Alma Research and Education Center; and a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is a frequent guest commentator on international television news networks, including Sky News and i24 News. Lappin is the author of Virtual Caliphate: Exposing the Islamist State on the Internet. Follow him at: www.patreon.com/yaakovlappin.

Picture showing a replica of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant at an exhibition at the International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology in Isfahan in on May 6, 2024. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
As Iran’s proxy strategy weakens, focus shifts to nuclear program
Tehran is weeks away from military-grade nuclear enrichment, as the regime faces pressures to accelerate its nuclear project.
Oct. 16, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) armored personnel carriers depart a base to patrol near the Lebanon- Israel border on Oct. 5, 2024 in Marjayoun, Lebanon. Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images.
Analysis
UNIFIL’s failure means it must leave or reform
The mounting evidence of Hezbollah’s exploitation of UNIFIL positions, combined with the force’s inability to report or monitor these violations, demonstrates that UNIFIL’s presence is not only ineffective but dangerous.
Oct. 14, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
A gas station attendant fills a motorcycle in Tehran after a cyberattack disrupted Iran's fuel distribution network, Oct. 27, 2021. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
Cyberattacks targeting Iran ‘likely a message’
Key infrastructure, including nuclear facilities and essential networks, have been hit by “heavy” cyberattacks.
Oct. 14, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Hezbollah Rocket Fire
Analysis
‘Our enemies’ core assumptions have been shattered’
Hezbollah and Iran have been surprised by Israel’s ability to fight a long, multi-front war with growing success, former Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben Shabbat tells JNS.
Oct. 10, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
An Israel Defense Forces soldier in the South Hebron Hills, April 2, 2015. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Analysis
Deadly terrorist shootings throw spotlight on Hebron and the Negev
Problematic elements in Israel’s Bedouin community are the products of religious radicalization, while Hebron is historically more religious and militant but controlled tightly by local clans, experts say.
Oct. 8, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 2, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Analysis
IDF’s ground op in Lebanon aims to prevent Oct. 7-style atrocity
The targeted maneuvers follow months of special forces ops that uncovered staggering quantities of weapons meant for an invasion of the Galilee.
Oct. 6, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli authorities locate 30 missing people in Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha near the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 9, 2023. Credit: IDF.
Feature
Tragedy and resilience: The communities of Israel’s western Negev
“We will grow and get strong, and get back to here,” vowed the community manager of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.
Oct. 2, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) welcomes Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah at his office in Tehran on July 4, 2000. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
Iran’s strategic dilemma after Israeli strikes on Hezbollah
Following the unprecedented blows to its Lebanese proxy, will Tehran prioritize self-preservation and avoid direct military involvement?
Sept. 30, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Hezbollah fighters march in a ceremony. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Analysis
IDF strikes wreck Hezbollah command structure and firepower
With Hezbollah’s top commanders eliminated, and tens of thousands of rockets destroyed, the IDF has significantly reduced the terror army’s attack capabilities.
Sept. 28, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Damage following a targeted strike by the Israeli Air Force in Beirut that killed Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil and 15 other senior Hezbollah terrorists on Sept. 20, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
Radwan Force’s plans for Oct. 7-style massacre mostly thwarted
The elite Hezbollah unit’s blueprint for assault on the Galilee was the model for the Hamas mass murder attack on the northwestern Negev.
Sept. 25, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli strikes in the Jabal Al-Rehan area in the southern Lebanese Jezzine district on Sept. 21, 2024. Photo by Rabih DAHER/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
IAF targets Hezbollah’s fire systems in unprecedented way
Hundreds of launchers comprising thousands of launcher barrels have been destroyed in successive waves of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah’s rocket infrastructure.
Sept. 24, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Houthi supports hold up posters of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration in Sanaa on Aug. 30, 2013. Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
Iranian-backed Shi’ite forces in Syria could play weighty role in war
IDF Spokesperson: Tehran funding terror in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen and Judea and Samaria.
Sept. 23, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
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