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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.

The site in southern Israel where the U.S. military's European Command (EUCOM) deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on March 6, 2019. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.
Israel News
Future conflicts will bring ‘widespread missile fire on Israel,’ cautions former IAF chief
Iran has hundreds of ballistic missiles in its arsenal, while its proxy, Hezbollah, has an estimated 130,000 projectiles.
Mar. 6, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Hamas members take part in a rally marking the Palestinian terror group’s 29th anniversary in Gaza on Dec.16, 2016. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Opinion
Hamas’s systematic use of civilians to promote terror
As long as it is in charge of Gaza, Hamas will continue exploiting every avenue that it can to misuse civilian needs for its radical agenda.
Mar. 5, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
BGN Technologies and Rafael sign a collaboration agreement at Tel Aviv's Cybertech conference in mid-February 2019. Credit: Rafael.
Israel News
New Israeli cooperation to develop cyber defenses for autonomous vehicles
Experts from Rafael, one of the largest defense firms in Israel and makers of the Iron Dome missile-defense system, will team up with staff at Ben-Gurion University and students at Rafael’s soon-to-open branch at Beersheva’s high-tech park.
Mar. 5, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
From left: Moshe Ya'alon, Benny Gantz, Gabi Ashkenazi and Yair Lapid of the Blue and White Party seen after a statement Tel Aviv on Feb. 21, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.
Israel News
How the former generals of the Blue and White Party view the Palestinian issue
Collectively, they have vast experience in dealing with Israel’s array of security challenges, which raises the question of how their past is shaping their current political outlooks, particularly regarding the Palestinian question and other key issues.
Mar. 4, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Zakaria Zubeidi, the West Bank leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in Jenin, March 10, 2007. Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Israel News
Could the arrest of senior Fatah terrorist signal future instability in the West Bank?
In recent years, most of the counter-terrorism arrests by the Shin Bet, the Israel Defense Forces and the counter-terrorism unit of the Israel Police have targeted Hamas, not Fatah-Tanzim members, who have been dormant.
Feb. 28, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Former Israel Defense Forces Col. Eli Baron presents at a “Our Soldiers Speak” event at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Va. Credit: Our Soldiers Speak.
Israel News
Hamas, Hezbollah ‘hide missiles in children’s rooms,’ says ex-IDF senior officer on US tour
In an exclusive interview with JNS, former IDF Deputy Military Advocate General Col. Eli Baron discusses his North American campus tour and mission to highlight the complexities of Israel’s ongoing battle against terrorist organizations.
Feb. 28, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Leaders at the Warsaw summit, called “The Ministerial Conference to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East.” Credit: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo/Twitter.
Israel News
Gulf states offering ‘de facto’ recognition of Israel
It is possible that both sides are also cooperating on covert operations in Iran, according to Mideast analysts.
Feb. 25, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during the weekly “March of Return” protests on the Israeli-Gaza border, Dec. 7, 2018. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Feature
Can Israel defeat Hamas without toppling it?
So far, Israel’s objectives in armed conflicts with Hamas have been limited so as to avoid the need to reoccupy Gaza or to send it down the “Somalia model” path of chaos.
Feb. 22, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Maj. Gen. Yoel Strik, commander of the Northern Command, at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on Sept. 3, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
New IDF ground forces commander tasked with preparing rapid offensive against multiple fronts
Maj. Gen. Yoel Strik will have the extremely challenging job of making sure that the ground forces are prepared at any time to decisively and rapidly move deep into enemy territory.
Feb. 21, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of U.S. Army, General Joseph Dunford, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the PM Office in Jerusalem, May 9, 2017. Credit: Matty Stern/USA Embassy of Tel Aviv.
Israel News
American troop withdrawal from Syria would be ‘giving away a strategic bargaining chip’
Keeping its presence would obligate both Russia and Iran to seek an arrangement with the United States, giving Washington leverage that it could use to demand an eventual exit.
Feb. 19, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli troops search for attack tunnels dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israel Defense Forces believe Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, January 2019. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.
Israel News
In Lebanon, Hezbollah’s political power rises along with its military might
The newly formed Lebanese government has seen 30 Lebanese ministers sworn in: 18 of them are from Hezbollah’s March 8 Alliance, while 12 are from the rival March 14 alliance, headed by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
Feb. 14, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on Feb. 13, 2017. Photo by Flash90.
News
The ongoing battle to succeed Abbas: Will it slide into violence?
The struggle for power that is likely to develop after Abbas leaves his position could, with a fair amount of ease, result in violence between Palestinian rivals, and in attacks on Israelis.
Feb. 12, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
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