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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.

NATO and Israeli naval officials greet one another aboard an Israeli Navy ship. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Israel News
NATO recognizes Israel as key medical-assistance partner as it seeks to expand cooperation
The announcement comes after joint drill where NATO vessels from the United Kingdom, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria simulated medical emergencies at sea with the Israeli Navy.
Nov. 6, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian Islamic Jihad activists participate in a march to mark the anniversary of the 32nd founding of the Jihad Organization in Gaza City, on Oct. 5, 2019. Photo by Hassan Jedi/Flash90.
Israel News
In Gaza Strip, Palestinian Islamic Jihad agitates for violence
Israel seeks to prevent a powder keg from detonating at the southern border as it prioritizes the more threatening front up north.
Nov. 5, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
A sign warns of a minefield near the Syrian-Israeli border in the Golan Heights, March 25, 2019. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.
Opinion
Security tasks awaiting the next Israeli prime minister
The next government will have to make critical decisions on urgent, simultaneous security challenges in multiple arenas, and can waste no time in securing the next defense budget.
Nov. 3, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Israel News
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, backed by Iran, seeks rocket-launchers in West Bank
Efforts to replicate the rocket threat in the Gaza Strip have been nipped in the bud due to Israel’s intelligence network and nightly counter-terrorism raids.
Oct. 30, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
The Arrow 3 missile-defense system is tested in Alaska, July 28, 2019. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry.
Israel News
Iranian strike on Saudi oil facilities a ‘global wake-up call,’ warns former air-defense official
Combined cruise missile and drone strike that significantly damaged Abqaiq oil site show that high-level threat is “here and now.”
Oct. 27, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a trilateral summit in Moscow. Source: Kremlin.ru.
U.S. News
Iran views US withdrawal from Syria as an opportunity
While Turkey’s invasion of northeast Syria is bad news for Tehran, the exit of U.S. forces more than makes up for this development, according to a former Israeli defense official.
Oct. 24, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Rafael's trophy system on a U.S. M1 tank. Credit: Rafael.
Israel News
US Army chooses Israeli system to protect the lives of tank crews
The news by Rafael of a first delivery of Trophy Active Protection Systems for M1 tanks is a dramatic development, in which the world’s most powerful military selects an Israeli defense system.
Oct. 18, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
A convoy of U.S. soldiers in Syria in December 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
World News
‘Entry of radical Islamist forces into northern Syria is disturbing,’ ex-Israeli intelligence official says
According to Israeli intelligence expert Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, while events in northeast Syria are still at an early stage, there’s already a lot to worry about, from the resurgence of ISIS to Iran exploiting the situation to create a land corridor.
Oct. 15, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Eight officers from the Israel Defense Forces traveled to the United States to meet with Birthright Israel North American delegates as part of a program called Mifgash (“meeting” in Hebrew). Here, they visited the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, September 2019. Credit: IDF Spox.
Israel News
IDF, Birthright team up for ‘reverse encounter,’ bringing officers to New York, Boston
“We came back a little prouder of what we do. It sharpened something in our sense of mission,” say Israeli officers who visited American Jewish communities.
Oct. 10, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
A convoy of U.S. soldiers in Syria in December 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Leaving Syria: A blow to US deterrence, a boost to Middle East Islamists
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of northern Syria will contribute to a regional power vacuum that Islamists, both Sunni and Shi’ite, will promptly look to fill.
Oct. 7, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, July 11, 2018. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
As Moscow waits for Israeli electoral outcome, the future of Syria looms over relations
“Russia wants to keep a lid on Syria and continues to play the different sides off of each other. So it can tolerate repeated low-level Israeli airstrikes, but wants to make sure that things don’t get out of hand,” said Charles Freilich, a former deputy Israeli national security adviser.
Oct. 3, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Religious soldiers attend a swearing-in ceremony at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem upon entering the “Nahal Haredi” unit of the Israel Defense Forces, May 26, 2012. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Feature
Creating options and opportunities for haredi youth to serve in the IDF
Friends of Nahal Haredi has been instrumental in assisting integration in the Israeli military, though its president cautions that the process will be one that occurs over generations.
Sept. 26, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
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