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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.

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.
March 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.
March 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.
March 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.
March 8, 2019
Yaakov Lappin
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.
March 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.
March 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.
March 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.
March 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
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