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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 aerial photo released by the Israeli Defense Forces on May 11, 2018, showing Iranian intelligence sites in Syria. (IDF Spokesperson)
Feature
Israel keeps wary eye on Iranian entrenchment as Syrian border-crossing reopens
As long as Iran remains committed to using Syria this way, Israel will feel compelled to defend itself. The result is a region that is never far from a potential escalation.
Oct. 24, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Esti Peshin, vice president and general manager of IAI’s Cyber Division, shakes hands with Rajiv Singh at a “Memorandum of Understanding” signing ceremony in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 3, 2018. Credit: IAI.
Israel News
Leading Israeli-Indian firms join forces to combat rising cyber threats
Under the new cooperation, IAI-Elta’s state-of-the-art technology comes together with Tech Mahindra’s ability to integrate IT services around the world.
Oct. 23, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Israel News
New Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader ‘will seek to satisfy Iran’
Ziad al-Nakhleh will remotely lead a powerful and well-armed guerilla-terrorist army that has its own arsenal of rockets in Gaza, weapons-production centers, Gazan battalions and terror tunnels.
Oct. 18, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces, in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus, on Oct. 12, 2018. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Israel News
As Gaza approaches combustible levels, West Bank’s deceptive quiet faces tests
Hamas in Gaza is intent on preparing armed sleeper cells throughout the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria)—not only to create an ability to attack Israel, but also to target its internal rival, the Palestinian Authority.
Oct. 18, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevy (center), the chief of the Israeli Southern Command, visits the scene where a building was hit by a rocket fired by Hamas in Gaza in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva on Oct. 17, 2018. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Israel has reached decision time on Gaza
Hamas thinks that by playing a game of dangerous brinkmanship and ramping up the pressure on Israel, Jerusalem will be more likely to enter into an arrangement that lifts security restrictions on Gaza. It is a gamble that could blow up in Hamas’s face.
Oct. 17, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces' 906th battalion on a training exercise in the Negev Desert. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.
Israel News
The delicate training techniques of Israel’s 906th battalion special forces unit
“We talk a lot about raids, about going in and out. This is the main battle aspect that we teach them ... how to strike the enemy and move back. Lots of small victories, in the end, are one big victory,” says 906th Battalion Commander Lt.-Col. Yaron Simsolo of training techniques.
Oct. 15, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Norkin congratulates Brig.-Gen. Giora Epstein (right) during a ceremony held by the Israel Defense Forces on Sept. 12, 2018, in honor of his outstanding military achievements. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.
Feature
Pilot Giora Epstein, 1973: ‘Then I was told, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces are on the way ... ’
Brig.-Gen (ret.) Giora Epstein, the Israeli Air Force combat pilot who shot down more enemy aircraft than any other pilot since World War II, tells JNS about his battles with the Egyptian air force in the Yom Kippur War.
Oct. 8, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defense Forces’ soldiers with the Gideon Brigade combat-team training with Merkava 4 tanks. Credit: IDF Spokespersons Unit.
Israel News
Israel’s war readiness: ‘Prepped as never before’
Under the leadership of the current Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, the Israel Defense Forces has been working diligently and strategically to create a level of preparedness that has probably never existed to date among the ranks, despite ongoing issues and imperfections.
Oct. 4, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Netanyahu, UN
Israel News
After exposure of Beirut missile sites, Hezbollah and Lebanon conduct some damage control
It remains unclear how active the sites currently are, and the revelations could be designed to deter Iran and Hezbollah from “switching them on.”
Oct. 3, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
A Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system on display in Moscow in 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Russia’s transfer of S-300 to Syria: A disturbing, but surmountable, military challenge
The move comes as a response to the downing of a Russian spy plane, which was shot out of the sky by Syrian air-defense units that fired recklessly while trying to hit Israeli jets.
Sep. 24, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Haifa Port, 2018. Credit: Zvi Roger/Haifa Municipality.
Israel News
Could Chinese involvement in Israeli ports pose a security risk?
Haifa’s growing port, located close to a naval base, will be managed by one Chinese company, while a second port in Ashdod, also near a naval base, is being constructed by a second Chinese firm.
Sep. 21, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Flag
Israel News
Hezbollah’s growing partnership with Lebanon’s army provides operational cover
With the Syrian civil war beginning to wind down, Hezbollah, armed with a formidable rocket and missile arsenal, is preparing to bring its highly trained units in Syria back home to Lebanon.
Sep. 20, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
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