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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 and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in June 2016 in Moscow. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
Opinion
The Russian-Israeli crisis over Syria lacks an exit strategy
It remains unclear whether Russia is willing or able to apply effective pressure on Iran to scale back its military infrastructure construction in Syria, which can later be used to attack Israel.
Dec. 5, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
An Israeli rocket fired at a Hezbollah target during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Credit: Haim Azulay/Flash90.
Israel News
Is Israel weighing strike options in Lebanon?
Hezbollah seems to have interpreted recent developments as a signal of Israel’s determination to enforce its red lines, raising the organization’s concern over what may come next.
Dec. 3, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
An Israeli Air Force search-and-rescue team practicing an extraction during the “Sky Angels” exercise. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.
Feature
Israeli Air Force holds first-ever combat rescue drill with six other forces
The exercise, dubbed “Sky Angels,” attracted air-force search-and-rescue teams from the United States, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Holland and the Czech Republic.
Nov. 26, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander of the Meiav Unit, speaking to a Tzofim member at a New York school in October. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.
Israel News
IDF enlistment officer describes ‘moving encounters’ with North American Jewish youths
The Meitav Unit is primarily focused on the massive task of recruitment, reception and sorting of Israeli IDF cadets, said Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo.
Nov. 18, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announces his resignation following the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza during a press conference in the Knesset, Nov. 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Lieberman’s sudden resignation exposes deep rift over Gaza strategy
Benny Miller, professor of international relations at the University of Haifa, said “this is a classic case of tension between the view of the professional security chiefs, supported by the prime minister, and public sentiments, supported by the defense minister, following a bombing of civilian population by a hostile force.”
Nov. 15, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a security consultation in Tel Aviv after the barrage of rocket fire from Hamas in Gaza. Credit: GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom.
Israel News
Gaza ceasefire exposes two conflicting narratives among Israelis
For now, the threat from Gaza in the south is less of a force to be reckoned with, as political and military eyes are focused on burgeoning threat from Iran and Hezbollah up north.
Nov. 13, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
A man stands outside a house that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on November 13, 2018. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90
Israel News
Hamas ‘raises the stakes’ with mass rocket assault on Israel’s south
In what they perceive as a calculated risk, terror factions launch a widespread rocket and mortar assault aimed at civilians.
Nov. 12, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Smoke rises after the shelling by tanks in Rafah during a military campaign launched by the Egyptian army against Da'ash (Islamic State) in the northern Egyptian Sinai near the border with the Gaza Strip, on Sept. 16, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
News
Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket assault a reminder of Iran’s long reach
The Israeli Air Force struck nearly 100 targets in Gaza in retaliation. The attack was something that both Iran and the PIJ leadership at its Damascus headquarters wanted, Israeli officials said.
Nov. 8, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the appointed new IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Oct. 29, 2018. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
New IDF chief of staff, who takes nothing for granted, faces an explosive region
Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, currently the Deputy IDF Chief of Staff, has a long and impressive military record, and holds several university degrees.
Nov. 4, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Smoke rises after the shelling by tanks in Rafah during a military campaign launched by the Egyptian army against Da'ash (Islamic State) in the northern Egyptian Sinai near the border with the Gaza Strip, on Sept. 16, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
News
Egypt’s war on ISIS in the Sinai has been ‘largely successful’
Along with quiet Israeli support and assistance from local Bedouin, efforts by Egypt to reign in on the lawlessness of the region appear to be making significant progress.
Oct. 30, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Smoke and fire rise following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip early on Oct. 27, 2018. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel’s response to assault by Palestinian Islamic Jihad could go beyond Gaza
Jerusalem should not allow itself to be dragged into a war in Gaza that would run against national interests; it would divert Israel from its strategic long-term interests in the northern arena, where more powerful enemies are present.
Oct. 29, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
An Israeli army vehicle drives near a new concrete wall near Rosh Hanikra on the Lebanese border, Sept. 5, 2018. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.
Israel News
As Hezbollah’s power rises, Israel steps up warnings
Israel has also sought to prevent the outbreak of a third Lebanon war for as long as possible. Hezbollah, for its own reasons, seems to share that goal; still, that has not stopped it from ambitiously preparing for future conflict.
Oct. 26, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
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