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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 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin seen during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, on May 9, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
Israel News
Russia positions itself as ‘final judge’ in Syria amid escalating Israeli-Iranian tensions
Moscow has also attempted to play the role of mediator between Israel and Iran, seeking to douse the shadow war raging between them on Syrian soil. Israel, for its part, is determined to disrupt Iran’s plan to turn Syria into a war front against it.
Apr. 3, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Gaza Border Clashes
Israel News
Gaza time bomb keeps ticking, as both sides delay the explosion
The two main scenarios appear to be either a broader Israeli military campaign in response to a new Hamas escalation or a long-term truce that will see Gaza receive large-scale international funds and infrastructure development programs, thereby saving the Hamas regime.
Apr. 1, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers seen near IDF tanks stationed near the Israeli Gaza border on March 26, 2019. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
Israel News
Hamas ‘war of attrition’ against Israel’s south could resume on ‘Land Day’
Leadership of the terror group that controls Gaza understands that if it pushes too hard, it will provoke a military operation that could threaten the survival of its regime, say Israeli sources.
Mar. 28, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
View of the snow-covered Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights in northern Israel on Jan. 18, 2019. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel’s priority? Making the Golan a residential, agricultural, business and high-tech hub
From Israel’s perspective, a government-led program to begin seriously populating the Golan Heights would go a long way to promoting the national interest.
Mar. 25, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli security forces inspect the scene of a house in Moshav Mishmeret, in central Israel, that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on March 25, 2019. Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.
Israel News
IDF pummels Hamas after one rocket attack too many
Eleven days after Hamas fired two rockets in the direction of Tel Aviv—in what it claimed was “an accidental” maintenance error—this time, it appears as if the organization’s addiction to gambling and upping the ante to extract concessions from Israel has led it to commit a serious mistake, one that will come with punishing repercussions.
Mar. 25, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli F-35I Adir jets fly in formation. Photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony/U.S. Air Force.
Israel News
Israel has ‘no alternative’ but to rely on force to stop Iran in Syria
Amid reports of renewed Iranian efforts to build a missile production site in Syria, Israel stands alone in its battle to stop Tehran’s expansion.
Mar. 25, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Soldiers with the IDF’s EITAN Unit searching for the remains of missing soldiers. Credit: IDF.
Feature
One Israeli investigator’s determined search to find closure
Maj. (res.) Sharon Maayan has been pursuing a critical mission: to track down the burial places of those in those killed in action in the Jewish state’s wars and military operations.
Mar. 21, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defense Forces soldiers on the hunt for the suspected terrorist behind the March 17, 2019 terrorist attack outside of Ariel that led to the deaths of an IDF soldier and an a rabbi and father of 12. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.
Israel News
For Israeli security forces, the ongoing battle against two types of terror
The terror attack outside of Ariel is a reminder of the constant threat of unorganized terrorism—a threat that has not vanished, despite a major drop in such attacks since 2015.
Mar. 18, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
An Iron Dome interceptor rocket flies above the Tel Aviv skyline as seen from a rooftop on July 17, 2014. Credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90.
Israel News
Rockets on Tel Aviv an escalation that could cost Hamas dearly
The symbolism involved in firing on Israel’s largest metropolis and economic hub is a direct challenge to Israeli deterrence.
Mar. 14, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Beijing on March 21, 2017. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
Israel News
Western concerns over China’s Huawei 5G network prompt security review by Israel
Amid bans and allegations of espionage against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, and wider concern over how Chinese companies could be used by Beijing, Israel will soon have to decide on whether it will allow the company to compete in the 5G tender.
Mar. 14, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
An Israel Defense Forces’ operation to detect and destroy tunnels by Palestinian terrorists. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
Israel News
US immigrant to Israel works on frontlines of detecting terror tunnels
A 25-year-old Chicago native, Cpl. M spoke to JNS and shed some light on the mostly classified and highly sensitive work that she and her colleagues are engaged in on a daily basis.
Mar. 12, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli forces along the border with Israel, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 8, 2019. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90
Israel News
Hamas is willing to risk war to avoid economic collapse
The economic chokehold that the Palestinian Authority has tried to place on Gaza, as part of its own internal war with Hamas, has contributed to tensions with Israel in the past year.
Mar. 8, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
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