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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.

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.
Sept. 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.
Sept. 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.
Sept. 20, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
News
Iran’s activities could ignite a dangerous fire
Iran’s latest efforts to traffic advanced weaponry to its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah led to a potentially major incident between Israel and Russia.
Sept. 20, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
A group of Israel Defense Force cyber cadets during a training exercise. Credit: IDF.
Israel News
‘Enemy cyber threat growing,’ warn security experts amid Hamas cyber attacks
Many tools and all kinds of tactics are available these days, leaving vigilance and awareness the most important lines of defense.
Sept. 17, 2018
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
How feasible is a long-term truce with Hamas?
While it remains far from clear that such an arrangement is even feasible, Israel is giving Egyptian mediation efforts a chance.
Sept. 16, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Planes at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon. Photo by Francisco Anzola/Flickr.
Israel News
Tehran’s use of Beirut airport to smuggle arms is major threat to region
Iranian weapons factories churn out powerful missiles and rockets before the Islamic Republican Guards Corps usually flies them to Syria.
Sept. 7, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Soldiers with the IDF's new Gideon Brigade combat team, which mixes battalions from the different branches of the IDF’s ground forces—the armored corps, the infantry, and the engineering corps—to create an unprecedented level of battlefield cooperation, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the army. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.
Israel News
‘We’re in a race against our enemies,’ says IDF tank battalion commander
A recent combat exercise mixing battalions from the different branches of the IDF’s ground forces included live-fire drills, urban-warfare simulations and fighting in open spaces.
Sept. 4, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Military Industries’ surface-to-surface Romach (“spear” in Hebrew) rocket. Credit: IMI.
Israel News
IDF ground forces to acquire more precise rocket firepower
The Israel Air Force could also benefit from the development, as it will help free it up for rapid responses to other threats on multiple fronts.
Aug. 28, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
IDF Soldier
Feature
How an injured skateboarder became an Israeli navy submarine officer
The experience of getting back on his feet helped him gain the mental fortitude that he would later call upon to complete a grueling Israel Navy training course and become a submarine officer—one of the most sensitive and critical roles in the Israeli military.
Aug. 14, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Members of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades attend the funeral of six Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades fighters at a cemetery in Deir Al Balah refugee camp in central Gaza, May 6, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
Hamas is taking the region to the brink of war
Hamas’s leadership is dangling the option of a long-term truce before Israel with one hand and firing barrages of rockets at southern Israel with the other, terrorizing hundreds of thousands of Israelis and risking the security of the Gazan civilians it rules over.
Aug. 9, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
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