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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.

File photo: Nachshon Battalion soldiers during an operation of arresting terror suspects in the Duhaisha Refugee Camp, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Feature
Little sleep, lots to do on frontlines of Israel’s battle for security
IDF special operations officer describes her role in counterterrorism activities—from disrupting Palestinian incitement to violence, stopping illegal crossings into Israel, tackling car-jackings and seizing terrorist payments.
Feb. 10, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
The Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor in Iran. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Dangers of a Mideast nuclear arms race cast a long-term shadow
While such a race has yet to break out, former Israeli security officials note that several Sunni states in the region are watching Iran’s nuclear project with concern and eventually could set up their own nuclear programs to counter the threat of a “Shi’ite bomb.”
Feb. 5, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers in the northern Mount Dov region after an Israel Defense Forces' patrol came under anti-tank fire from Hezbollah terrorist operatives. The Hezbollah attack killed two Israeli soldiers and injured seven others, Jan. 28, 2018. Credit: Basal Awidat/Flash90.
World News
Israel’s red lines in Lebanon and Syria
The “War Between Wars” is an ongoing Israeli military and intelligence effort to disrupt the force build-up of the Iranian-Shi’ite axis throughout the Middle East.
Feb. 3, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Opher Doron (right), general manager of IAI's Space Division, shakes hands with Marcho Fuchs, CEO of OHB Systems AG, at the David Intercontinental hotel in Tel Aviv, on Jan. 29. In the background are Johann-Dietrich Wörner, director general of European Space Agency (left); Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund, chair of the executive board of the German Space Agency (DLR); Avi Blasberger, director general of Israel Space Agency; and SpaceIL's Morris Kahn. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Israeli-German space partnership a ‘milestone for the future moon colony’
A teaming agreement between Israel Aerospace Industries and Germany’s OHB Systems AG, a leading German satellite manufacturer will help pave the path for humanity’s journey into space.
Jan. 31, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Smoke rises after a house was blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in the Egyptian city of Rafah near the border with southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 29, 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Iran’s violent influence threatens Israel and its Arab neighbors
Iran is seeking to set Gaza alight with conflict, while Egypt is seeking to douse the flames and counterbalance Iran’s destabilization efforts.
Jan. 30, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
View of the port in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Credit: Marcelo Sus/Flash90.
Israel News
Chinese company set to manage Haifa’s port, testing the US-Israeli alliance
According to China’s Ministry of Transport, a total of 52 ports in 34 countries are managed or were constructed by Chinese companies, and that number is set to grow as Beijing expands its Belt and Road Initiative.
Jan. 29, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian members of Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, at a rally in Gaza City celebrating the 31st anniversary of Hamas on Dec. 16, 2018. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
As its popularity is challenged, Hamas keeps watchful eye over its Palestinian rival in Gaza
While Hamas’s sovereignty in Gaza is unrivalled—largely through a reign of terror and internal repression—actual popular support for the terror group could be decreasing.
Jan. 25, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 8th Annual International Cybersecurity Conference at Tel Aviv University on June 20, 2018. Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Feature
With elections approaching, is Israel prepared for foreign cyber threat?
Israel’s intelligence community, together with the Foreign Ministry, the National Cyber Directorate and private cyber-defense firms, are all preparing to track and repel any attempts at foreign intervention.
Jan. 21, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
A poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Oct. 6, 2018. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.
Israel News
A strike in Syria in broad daylight, and a dangerous reply
Whatever was hit in Syria by Israel may have belonged to a category known as “time-critical targets.” That could mean that imminent plans were in place to move the target to a place where it would be harder to strike.
Jan. 20, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
The border fence with Egypt in Eilat in southern Israel, Oct. 18, 2017. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90.
Israel News
Six years after completion, Israel’s border fence with Egypt has transformed the south
Barriers seem to be in vogue. The United States is debating a wall with Mexico. Hungary built one on its borders with Serbia and Croatia to deal with migration. Turkey is barricading its border with Syria with a wall and fence. And Saudi Arabia is building a massive 1,600-kilometer fence on its border with Yemen.
Jan. 11, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Rafael's Drone Dome system, which the company describes as an effective way to conduct airspace defense “against hostile drones used by terrorists and criminals to perform aerial attacks, collect intelligence and carry out intimidating activities.” Credit: Rafael Industries.
Israel News
UK drone chaos illustrates the emergence of a new aerial threat, and an Israeli solution
Israeli defense companies are at the forefront of delivering solutions, as seen by reports saying that the British Army rolled out an anti-drone system, known as Drone Dome, produced by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Systems.
Jan. 9, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Cabinet members get a tour with the IDF Northern Command in the Golan Heights, on Feb. 6, 2018. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
A new Mideast order is taking shape, says ex-senior Israeli intelligence officer
The Arab Spring period featured large-scale civil wars, uprisings and the involvement of external elements in failed states, as old orders fell apart. But new developments depict a different scenario, according to an ex-senior intelligence officer.
Jan. 7, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
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