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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.

A series of decisive Israeli airstrikes has systematically targeted the highest echelons of the Iranian terror regime’s apparatus, taking out the true power broker alongside Basij head.
A former Mossad official tells JNS that the “complete helplessness” of Israel’s legal system has enabled “anarchy” on the Israeli-Egyptian border.
“This war isn’t over,” a military official warned, as Hamas violations mounted following a deadly attack on IDF soldiers in southern Gaza on Sunday.
The Trump administration’s new security guarantee for Doha is a dangerous price for the hostage deal that empowers a key backer of Hamas and global jihad, Israeli experts warn.
Israeli observers warn that Ankara could emerge as a major winner from the Gaza deal, with dangerous repercussions for the region.
As IDF troops hold to ceasefire lines, the terror group has launched a murderous campaign to eliminate internal rivals.
The second phase could create a “bottleneck” leading to resumption of war, said former Israeli national security advisor Yaakov Amidror.
“An agreement was indeed close, but every time something new pops up,” Professor Eyal Zisser told JNS.
As international pressure builds on Hamas to accept the Trump plan for Gaza, former Israeli defense officials are weighing possible scenarios for what comes next.