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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.

World powers and Iran in Vienna for talks discussing the Iran nuclear deal, November 2021. Source: E.U. delegation in Vienna/Twitter.
World News
When it comes to Iran, Israel’s defense establishment seeks least worst option
Every step in the strategic world of defense is weighed through cost-benefit analysis, both long and short-term; this complex lens leads to contrary positions. It’s a sign of an open and healthy system.
July 14, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
The President's Residence in Jerusalem is prepared to welcome U.S. President Joe Biden, on July 11, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
‘Whole of police involved in preparing for Biden’s visit’
Former Israel Police Deputy Commissioner Alon Levavi describes close cooperation with U.S. Secret Service • More than 16,000 police officers to be deployed to secure U.S. President Joe Biden’s stay in Israel.
July 12, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinians in Rafah
Israel News
15 years since Hamas took Gaza: ‘Most dramatic development in Palestinian arena’
Israeli observers say if Israel Defense Forces were not in the West Bank, there is no doubt that another Hamas coup would occur, much like the fateful events that occurred in June 2007 in the Gaza Strip • Is Hamas preparing to make its move on the day after the departure of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas?
July 6, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
An Israel Navy vessel sails near one of Israel's natural gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: IDF.
Israel News
IDF intercepts three Hezbollah drones approaching Israel’s Karish gas rig
The drones, which were launched from Lebanon, were shot down over the Mediterranean Sea.
July 2, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
A new Israeli gunfire-detection system is attracting global attention for its technology and defense mechanisms, June 2022. Credit: Courtesy of Israel Aerospace Industries.
Israel News
New Israeli gunfire-detection system attracts global attention
IAI’s Othello-P system turns shooters into targets • “The imagination is the limit in terms of use” in future battlefields, say company officials • System can also detect RPG fire source.
July 1, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
A Palestinian man walks next to graffiti depicting Hamas fighters firing rockets, in Khan Younis town in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 30, 2022. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Hamas restoring ties with Syria ‘source of concern’ for Israel
“This is part of an Iranian strategic calculation to turn Syria into another zone of activity for Palestinian terror organizations,” says Michael Barak, a senior researcher at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya.
June 30, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
An illustration of a cyberattack. Credit: F8 studio/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Iranian cyber-attackers trying, and so far failing, to create panic in Israel
Observers say Iranian-Israeli cyber war has seen Iranians employ “opportunistic loopholes” • Advent of quantum computing could see new capabilities surface in cyber domain.
June 24, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defense Forces' Home Front Command works with local councils to train for drastic war scenarios, June 2022. Credit: Courtesy of Home Front Command.
Israel News
IDF Home Front Command works with local councils to train for drastic war scenarios
Training together with civilian organizations for emergencies creates “a common language and prepares us better,” a military source tells JNS.
June 22, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
A new Israeli-made missile was unveiled at Paris’s Eurosatory defense exhibition, June 2022. Credit: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
Israel News
From Yom Kippur War trauma to sixth-generation Spike missile
Rafael’s latest iteration, which was just unveiled in Paris, goes back all the way to 1973, when Israel was surprised by attacks from Egypt and Syria.
June 21, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Beirut and its port as seen off-shore from the sea. Credit: Shutterstock/Diego Fiore.
Israel News
As Hezbollah heats up rhetoric over off-shore gas, how far will it take Lebanese maritime dispute?
As the Israel Defense Forces prepare for a range of scenarios, Israeli observers assess that Hezbollah’s threats to strike offshore Israeli gas-drilling activities should be seen in a wider context.
June 17, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Israel's “Ofek 16” reconnaissance satellite is launched from a site in central Israel on July 6, 2020. Credit: Israel Aerospace Industries.
Israel News
Ofek satellite program provides ‘significant contribution to Israel’s intelligence-gathering’
IAI, Elbit, the Defense Ministry and a Military Intelligence Unit collectively receive prestigious Israel Defense Prize for the advanced satellite program.
June 16, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Athena system. Credit: Courtesy of Israel Aerospace Industries.
Israel News
Behind the scenes of the IDF’s war drill: A digital revolution
Creating a common language among the military’s branches for targets, analyzing target data automatically and the Israel Defense Forces’ own encrypted WhatsApp all made an appearance during the “Chariots of Fire” war exercise.
June 16, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
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