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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 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
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
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