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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.

Centrifuges at the Iran nuclear energy exhibition in the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense Museum in Tehran, 2018. Credit: Maps/Shutterstock.
World News
Natanz blast ‘likely took 5,000 centrifuges offline’
Researchers say April 11 blast set back Iran’s nuclear breakout time by two months • Tehran announcement regarding 60 percent enrichment will not “materially alter” ability to sprint to nuclear weapon for now, they add.
April 23, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Dimona
Israel News
What really happened in the skies near Israel’s nuclear reactor?
Former intelligence officer Tal Beeri tells JNS “an alternative and unfounded narrative of a warning strike” on Dimona’s nuclear research center is playing out in media channels affiliated with Iran.
April 22, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Yoram Shmuely, executive vice president and general manager of Elbit’s Aerospace Division, right, shakes hands with Greek Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos in Athens on April 16, 2021. Credit: Elbit Systems
Israel News
Israeli-built air-force training center in Greece is taking off
In a $1.6 billion agreement, Elbit Systems will establish and operate the international center for the Hellenic Air Force for 22 years, incorporating combat scenarios just like IAF.
April 21, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Conceptual syringe, bottle and packaging of the Chinese/Brazilian Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19. Credit: cadu.rolim.
Israel News
How China and Russia are using ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to enhance influence in the Middle East
An Israeli expert says Beijing’s maneuvering especially has put Israel “in a complex spot.”
April 19, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is seen during a tour of Ramallah, May 15, 2020. Credit: Flash90.
Israel News
Palestinian elections could jeopardize Fatah’s rule in the West Bank
The threat to Fatah’s rule posed by elections is also clear to senior Fatah and Palestinian Authority members, says Michael Milshtein, head of the Palestinian Studies Forum at Tel Aviv University, and if they go to elections in this form, there’s a high chance that Fatah will crash.
April 14, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Diana delivering a talk to an American Jewish audience. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
A bereaved Israeli mother shares her son’s legacy of optimism
On Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism, Diana Lulkin describes her son, Daniel, who fell while protecting Israel in Gaza during “Operation Protective Edge.”
April 13, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Centrifuges at the Iran nuclear energy exhibition in the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense Museum in Tehran, 2018. Credit: Maps/Shutterstock.
Antisemitism
Israeli strategic observers: ‘It appears as if a lot of Iranian work in Natanz went down the drain’
Nuclear negotiations between world powers and Iran seem to be triggering recent events involving reported strikes on Iranian targets; according to one assessment, the regime is being exposed as unable to defend its critical assets but will try to retaliate when it can.
April 12, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
The Iranian-flagged vessel MV Saviz, 2018. Source: Screenshot.
World News
Reported attack on Iranian ship is a ‘moderate escalation’
Iran believed that its attempt to deny the military role of the “Saviz” would protect it from attack, but the deniability ended up making it easier for those who struck it, says a former defense official.
April 8, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
International Criminal Court
Israel News
The ICC’s attempt to place Israel on par with terror armies
The court’s decision to investigate Israeli settlement activities is of “major concern,” warns top former IDF legal official.
April 8, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Chaim Luviner serving in the IDF's Armored Corps. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
From the Holocaust to the IDF: Grandfather and grandson share a story of survival and continuity
Chaim Luviner escaped Nazi atrocities as a child, eventually arriving in Israel, where he served in the IDF’s Armored Corps. Decades later, his grandson, Lt. Ran Shaked, is a team commander in the elite reconnaissance unit of the 401st Armored Brigade.
April 7, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
U.S. and Saudi flags. Credit: FreshStock/Shutterstock.
U.S. News
Strained US-Saudi ties will likely bring Gulf kingdom closer to Israel
Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthis have significantly escalated missile and drone attack on Saudi targets, as Houthi leadership also threatens to target the Jewish state.
April 5, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
orch X, Elbit Systems 2
Israel News
Israeli defense-industry source on modern combat: ‘If not part of the network, you don’t exist’
Weeks after the Israel Defense Forces’ elite Multi-Dimensional Unit held a war drill using Elbit’s Torch-X combat network system, a senior company network gave an inside view of how this technology is redefining operations in Israel and in growing numbers of militaries abroad.
April 1, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
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