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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.

One of the goals of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s visit by is to check up on Israel’s preparations for Iran, an expert on the U.S. tells JNS.
Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot, formerly of COGAT: It’s clear that Hamas doesn’t want to drag Gaza into a new conflict with Israel, though it does aim to “strengthen the narrative” it established in May 2021 as the “defender” of Al-Aqsa and Palestinian interests.
Attempts to harm public figures on the left or the right may ‘just be a matter of time,’ Alon Levavi tells JNS.
Officers track down the canine-napper in the capital’s hostile Silwan neighborhood.
The companies include EZRaider, whose stand-up all-terrain vehicle is used by Israel’s military and police.
Operatives are continuously gathering pre-attack intelligence on Israel, the Alma Center says.
Following a deadly Palestinian terrorist attack and rioting by Israeli youths, the Israeli military has deployed two back-up battalions as well as Border Police units • Alert level raised for Jerusalem, Gaza border area.
Israel’s security forces have gone on high alert following a deadly counter-terror raid in Nablus, bracing for fresh terror attacks and rockets from Gaza.
The IAEA found uranium at 84% purity, a short step from nuclear weapons, Bloomberg reported.
The Space Administration’s mission will be to examine new ways to use space “in ways that cannot be detailed.”
Nevertheless, despite the convergence of U.S.-Israeli assessments, Israel may still end up having to take on Iran’s nuclear program on its own, says former intelligence official.
Ex defense official warns that Israel is losing deterrence in the Palestinian arena as the situation in Judea and Samaria continues to escalate.