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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.

An El Al aircraft takes off from Seoul, South Korea, to deliver tens of thousands of coronavirus test kits and protective personal gear for medical staff, on April 8, 2020. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense.
Feature
An inside look at the historic efforts by Israel’s defense ministry to combat the coronavirus
Avi Dadon, who leads the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Production and Procurement, tells JNS about weeks of round-the-clock efforts that transformed the Israeli health-care system’s readiness for the impending outbreak.
April 27, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defense Forces' Intelligence Unit 81 achieved a technological breakthrough by finding a way to convert home-breathing devices (BiPAPs) into hospital-grade ventilators for coronavirus patients. Source: IDF via Twitter.
Israel News
IDF’s military intelligence technological unit pioneers new way to make ventilators
Unit 81 is working with the Sheba Medical Center to turn non-invasive ventilators that are commonly available into advanced hospital-grade ventilators, as Israel’s Ministry of Health orders its first 1,000 machines.
April 17, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defense Forces' personnel have taken over the handling of international arrivals at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense.
Israel News
Israeli defense company begins production of thousands of advanced ventilators
Israeli Defense Ministry official: “The decision to leverage the impressive capabilities of our defense industry that is capable of quality production, in record time, of anything—whether it is unmanned aerial systems or ventilators—is paying off and will enable us to reach the goal set.”
April 13, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Ambulances outside the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa on March 30, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Culture and Society
Israeli medical centers adopt command-and-control system to manage battle against virus
Elbit Systems engineers worked with staff at the Rambam Healthcare Campus in Haifa “around the clock to get the system up and running, and adapt it to the language of doctors and nurses facing the corona challenge.”
April 7, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
The Defense Ministry announced that its National Emergency Team, together with IAI and Elbit, have developed the prototypes to measure the vital signs of patients, including pulse, respiratory rate and temperature, and pick out patterns that indicate a likely coronavirus infection. Credit: Elbit Systems.
Israel News
Israeli defense companies are turning radars into coronavirus-symptom detectors
“Thanks to the creative thinking of using technology that is normally used against enemies, I hope we will be able to win in the fight against COVID-19,” said Dr. Yossi Shaya of the Beilinson Hospital.
April 6, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Aerospace Industries new ventilator production line, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Israeli missile-production line starts churning out much-needed ventilators
“We are operating in a challenging time, and in a global ‘war’ to acquire the necessary components and fulfill our mission,” said Udi Kantor, CEO of Inovytec.
April 3, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli and American F-35 fighter jets during a joint training exercise. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
Israel News
Training in the age of corona: Israeli, American F-35 pilots meet in the air, debrief at a distance
Air Force officer who organized the “Enduring Lightening” exercise over southern Israel tells JNS that significant learning occurred for the air crews involved.
April 1, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett discusses the coronavirus and Israel's plans moving forward. Source: Screenshot.
News
Israel’s defense minister unveils detailed plan for phased return to normal after Passover
Naftali Bennett says the Jewish state must move from closure to a new “corona routine” that keeps the rate of transmission under control without destroying the economy, calling for the IDF to lead information tracking backed by artificial intelligence, massive testing and localized quarantines.
March 31, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
An Israeli medical team member clean and disinfect an ambulance at Tel Aviv's Dan Panorama hotel, which was turned into quarantine facility for coronavirys patients, on March 26, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.
Israel News
IDF takes over care for nation’s most vulnerable, works with Defense Ministry to battle corona
Defense official behind the Iron Dome program leads new coronavirus solutions taskforce • New application for remote diagnosis based on respiratory pattern under development • IDF would take part in potential future national lockdown; police would play lead role.
March 26, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
Municipality workers wearing protective clothes disinfect a street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, March 14, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Hamas seeks to prevent spread of virus in Gaza, while threatening to hold Israel responsible if it fails
The way the terrorist organization usually demands help is by threatening to fire rockets at Israeli cities near its border. If its subpar health-care system is put to the test, it may lash out.
March 25, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
An illustration of quantum particles. Credit: Pixabay.
Feature
Israel Aerospace Industries works with startups developing quantum technology
“In the end, it will be a revolution. But it will not happen tomorrow. When these things become accessible to everyone, then it will be revolutionary,” Israel Lupa, vice president of IAI-Elta, tells JNS.
March 24, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi during a meeting with the soldiers of the Home Front Command assisting in the national effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
Israel News
IDF steps up readiness to battle spread of virus, obtain medical equipment and care for patients
Defense Ministry to purchase 2,500 ventilation machines • If infection spreads, IDF will ensure supply lines of vital medical equipment and food • Intelligence unit develops application for civilian medical teams to quickly manage test results.
March 20, 2020
Yaakov Lappin
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