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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.

Israeli security forces guard a Palestinian protest in the West Bank against the Jewish state's plans to declare sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria. June 5, 2020. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel’s defense establishment readies for full range of scenarios connected to sovereignty push
The spectrum of contingencies ranges from isolated attacks and some disturbances to a full-blown intifada in the West Bank and rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
June 9, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems' Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft System. Credit: Elbit Systems.
Israel News
Stranded at sea? A high-tech Israeli drone can save the day
Israel defense company Elbit Systems has sold a version of its Hermes 900 Unmanned Aerial System to a Southeast Asian country that uses advanced radars and cameras to detect survivors in the water for life-saving search-and-rescue missions.
June 5, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Israel's Sorek Desalination Plant on Nov. 22, 2018. Photo by Isaac Harari/Flash90.
Israel News
Iran ‘opened a Pandora’s box’ in cyber attack on Israeli water system
The reported Israeli retaliation will give the Islamic Republic reason to think twice before launching a new cyber attack on Israeli civilian targets, according to Israeli defense experts.
June 2, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, May 7, 2020. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Palestinian Authority could face ‘existential threat’ if it stops security coordination with Israel
The directive by Mahmoud Abbas is partly designed to deflect criticism from his Islamist rivals, said a Mideast expert, adding that within days, security coordination could return to normal levels.
May 27, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
U.S. soldiers as part of the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula. Credit: MFO.
News
Multinational force in Sinai represents ‘an insurance policy,’ says former Israeli defense official
Egyptian-Israeli relations are at their best level since the peace treaty was signed, mostly based on common security interests. But something can always go wrong.
May 22, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Benny Gantz attends a Memorial Day ceremony at the Knesset on April 21, 2020. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Gantz’s challenges and agenda as newly installed defense minister
The former IDF chief of staff is entering familiar territory; his first order of the day will be waging a bitter struggle for a defense budget and promoting a cautious approach on Trump’s peace plan.
May 19, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian fighters in the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 27, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Pandemic slows, but not stops, Hamas’s terrorism industry
Hamas headquarters in the Gaza Strip is working around the clock to try and recruit operatives in the West Bank while for the time being, health authorities have succeeded in preventing an outbreak in the crowded coastal enclave.
May 14, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers from the Arrow Air Defense Battery. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
Israel News
Defending Israel’s skies in an era of global pandemics
Air-defense battery commander tells JNS of his team’s motivation and acceptance of the need to stay on base for weeks to avoid spreading infection: “The spirit of the personnel is incredible.”
May 12, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
A acute problem identified by Rafael's Irit Idan and her team is the need to remotely transmit medical readings of patients back to nurses and doctors to reduce their risk of infection. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
In midst of global pandemic, Israeli defense company quietly changed face of hospitals
Rafael sprang into action to upgrade the country’s medical-establishment capabilities in the war against the coronavirus—a very different kind of enemy.
May 5, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defense Forces’ elite naval commando unit, Shayetet 13, has been making nonstop deliveries of oxygen cylinders to civilian care facilities that were struggling to get hold of supplies in recent weeks as hospitals raced to stock up on their own oxygen tanks. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Feature
IDF naval commando unit keeps oxygen flowing to civilian care centers, stressing ‘need of the hour’
Maj. N of the elite Shayetet 13 Unit talks about deliveries of oxygen cylinders to senior homes and special-needs centers, as the Education and Youth Corps has been overseeing dozens of child-care centers to free up medical personnel.
May 4, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
IDF Chief Cantor and Representative Cantor for the State of Israel, Lt. Col. Shai Abramson. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Feature
Accompanying families of fallen soldiers, albeit by their sides online
IDF chief cantor tweaks the program, but gets to share prayers and his voice—a “gift,” he says, which can be used significantly as everyone is homebound to stop the spread of COVID-19.
April 28, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. Credit: Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Israel News
Israel mourns 23,816 fallen on annual Remembrance Day
For the first time in Israel’s history, ceremonies and honor guards on Yom Hazikaron will be held at military cemeteries without visitors due to coronavirus restrictions on gatherings.
April 27, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
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