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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.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Pressed into a corner, Iran threatens oil exports from Persian Gulf
Fearful for its economy and domestic stability—and angered by U.S. sanctions and stance—Tehran sends escalation warning signals.
May 14, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Itay Steinberger (in black) posing with fellow IDF soldiers. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
Remembering Itay Steinberger, a gifted photographer who loved his fellow soldiers
Itay fell in combat in the Second Lebanon War while rescuing wounded soldiers. His mother produces art that infuses her son’s unique and shining personality.
May 8, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers seen near IDF tanks stationed near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 6, 2019. Credit: Aharon Krohn/Flash90.
Israel News
Gaza and Israel enter shaky ceasefire; many predict it to be short-lived
The Israeli Air Force arrived at this fight with a longer-than-usual list of intelligence targets, striking enemy sites and personnel. But questions center on what comes next.
May 7, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli flags placed by each grave in the military cemetery of Netanya, ahead of the Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, on May 7, 2019. Photo by Flash90.
Feature
A day to honor the memory of 23,741 of Israel’s fallen
The Defense Ministry describes Memorial Day as “designed for the whole of Israeli society and not exclusively for bereaved families.”
May 7, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz meeting with southern council representatives on Sunday. Credit: Blue and White.
Israel News
Gantz’s plan for Gaza: After creating deterrence, a regional push to rehabilitate the Strip
Once Israeli deterrence is restored, said Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, the second objective should be to “initiate a diplomatic-political process that will harness external powers to this place, and create a situation in which the gaps between the rounds of fighting increase.”
May 6, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 4, 2019. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Palestinian Islamic Jihad starts a fire in Gaza
The Iranian proxy group has been behind a string of attacks in recent weeks designed to sabotage Egyptian-led efforts to steer Gaza towards calm.
May 4, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot with incoming Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi during a handover ceremony at IDF Headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Jan. 15, 2019. Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.
Israel News
IDF’s next budget will be guided by ‘need to win against alliance of rivals’
The question of how much money the military will need to develop its capabilities and meet its many challenging operational requirements in the coming years will be key going forward.
May 2, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Sgt. Micharl Sivan (left) and Sgt. Roman Ambar, who discovered the weapons' vehicle that was trying to cross into Israel on April 9, 2019. Credit: IDF.
Israel News
First line of defense: IDF Military Police secure vital crossings against would-be terrorists
The ability to quickly identify and respond to hidden threats is a core part of Military Police training, but it’s also a skill that develops over time in the field.
April 30, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Thousands of Palestinians attend a rally in Gaza City celebrating the 31st anniversary of Hamas on Dec. 16, 2018. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Regional power clash? Egypt and Iran vie for influence in Gaza
While Cairo is exerting its influence in Gaza to avoid a new conflict and mediate a period of calm, Iran sees Gaza as one more base to grow and control a proxy terrorist army.
April 23, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Feature
Next Israeli government could face new Iranian terrorist challenges
Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s fighting force of 10,000 armed operatives, combined with Hamas’s 30,000 armed wing members, means that Gaza has developed a veritable terrorist army.
April 18, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli tanks stationed near the Israeli-Gaza border on March 27, 2019. Photo by Dudi Modan/Flash90.
Israel News
Information campaigns serve as an alternative to kinetic strikes
The Israeli defense establishment has made increasing use of the media to expose intelligence about enemy activity, allowing decision-makers to disrupt the enemy without the associated risk of escalation that comes with direct strikes.
April 18, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold visits the Palmachim Airbase in central Israel on April 4, 2019, is given a tour by a representative of the IAF's 200th UAV squadron. Credit: IDF.
Feature
‘Your opportunities are limitless,’ NASA astronaut tells Israel Air Force personnel
Ricky Arnold tells IAF personnel about his work in space and seeing the Middle East from above, saying, “It’s been very enjoyable. We speak the same language because our jobs are very similar. When you operate aircraft of any kind, it’s a common shared language.”
April 17, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
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