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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.

“Just as memorial ceremonies can be held in Haifa or any other Israeli city, they will be in Miami and New York, too. These families gave their children, and we have to hug them wherever they live,” said Efrat Shefa Dor, manager of the Tiberias District for Bereaved Families.
While the spate of unorganized terrorism has decreased for the time being, the incitement that nourished it, coupled with Hamas’s ability to avoid paying prices for the incitement, remains a significant problem, according to a senior expert on the Palestinian arena.
Col. (res.) David Hacham says chaos and violence may arise if a smooth changing of the guard fails to materialize, and emphasizes that if Israel doesn’t retaliate against Hamas in Gaza, it strengthens the terror group’s position in the West Bank.
The immediate suspect is the Hamas presence based in Lebanon, though it could also be Fatah or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Brig. Gen. (res.) Professor Jacob Nagel says that a “no deal” scenario is better than the current faulty proposal and that the time for new proactive steps to stop Iran’s nuclear program is overdue.
“At the end of the day, all missiles, including space launchers, are built by Iran’s military industries, and all of the industries belong to the IRGC. The connection was always there to begin with,” says Tal Inbar.
Professor Eytan Gilboa, an expert on American-Israeli relations, says the White House remains fixated on a poor Iran deal, though good ties between the Israeli and U.S. defense ministers have facilitated some coordination.
Israeli observers say certain Sunni Gulf states are seeking to drive a wedge between Iran and Syria.
Col. (res.) Moshe Elad, one of the founders of security coordination between the Israel Defense Forces and the P.A., notes that the “glorification of martyrs” is a daily event for Palestinian leaders.
Iranian axis is using the Houthis to draw dangerous lessons about the use of long-range firepower.
Twenty startup companies in the fields of robotics and mini-indoor drones take part a competition in Yeruham in southern Israel.
Joint teams from both fleets practiced emergency medicine aboard two Israeli Sa’ar 6 ships, the largest vessels in the Israeli fleet.