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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.

Firefighters battle flames a Gazan rocket started in a residential area of Rishon Letzion, Oct. 7, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Analysis
Iran’s fingerprints seen behind Hamas’s murderous rampage
“Both Hamas and Tehran want to spoil the Saudi-Israeli normalization process.”
Oct. 7, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
IDF (Israel Defense Force) Artillery Corps seen near the Israeli border with Gaza on August 7, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
Analysis
IDF focuses on defense before shift to offense
Army calls up thousands of reservists after Hamas infiltrates the south from the air, land and sea.
Oct. 7, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
EL AL Airlines
Analysis
Russian e-war system ‘likely’ behind Ben-Gurion disruptions
Globally, a new arms race is developing around the field of satellite-based navigation, a Western source tells JNS
Sept. 27, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
An Arrow-3 missile interceptor. Credit: Israeli Ministry of Defense Spokesperson’s Office.
Analysis
Debate heats up over proposed US-Israeli defense treaty
It appears Netanyahu changed his mind to support the idea as Iran approached the nuclear threshold.
Sept. 26, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Six Gazans were killed when an explosive device meant to target IDF soldiers detonated prematurely during mass riots along the border with Israel, Sept. 13, 2023. Photo by Majdi Fathi/TPS.
Analysis
Gaza riots are part of Hamas’s cynical extortion racket
The Islamist regime is sending Palestinian civilians into harm’s way in an apparent effort to pressure Qatar, via Israel, into restoring cut funding.
Sept. 24, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers in Jenin as part of a counter-terrorism operation, July 3, 2023. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.
Analysis
In Judea and Samaria, the post-Abbas era has already begun
The inability of the Fatah faction to unite and produce a clear successor to P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas may lead to surprising scenarios.
Sept. 21, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan, Sept. 15, 2022. Source: Mehr News Agency.
Analysis
Ukraine ‘broke the glass ceiling’ for Iran-Russia cooperation
A former IDF Military Intelligence officer tells JNS that further deepening of relations between Tehran and Moscow is likely • Mossad director claims Iran was planning to sell missiles to Russia.
Sept. 19, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Mossad Director David Barnea speaks at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism's World Summit on Counter-Terrorism at Herzliya's Reichman University, Sept. 10, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS.
Analysis
Iran can’t ignore Israel’s threat to retaliate in ‘heart of Tehran’
Mossad Director David Barnea’s threats to eliminate senior Iranian terror elements cannot be ignored by the Islamic Republic, say observers in Israel.
Sept. 18, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Air Force's new Spark drone. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Analysis
The Israeli UAV ‘worth 10 different drones’ in intel work
IAF’s Spark and the squadron re-established to operate it herald a revolution in air-ground cooperation.
Sept. 13, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
A drone camera used by the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Analysis
Hamas’s UAV fleet bears the fingerprints of Iran
Iranian influence plays a key role in Hamas’s evolving UAV capabilities, experts say.
Sept. 12, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (shaking Netanyahu's left hand) and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich (shaking Netanyahu's right hand) sign a document of understandings on the division of responsibility in the Defense Ministry, on Feb. 23, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Analysis
New IDF Civil Admin head appointed amid ongoing power struggles
Tension between Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant adds another layer of complexity to an already-complex situation, experts tell JNS.
Sept. 10, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defense Forces troops firing at Syrian targets on the northern front during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Credit: GPO.
Analysis
The evolution of Israeli intelligence: 1973 to 2023
Today’s threats by enemies have evolved from large tank and infantry formations to large-scale projectile attacks on cities.
Sept. 7, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
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