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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 soldiers seen near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights on May 7, 2018. Credit: Basel Awidat/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel unleashes powerful strike capabilities after Iran hits first
Iran tried to force Israel to accept its presence in Syria, and the effort failed. It ended up losing more than 50 military targets, and Israel’s message to Tehran—to exit Syria immediately—received a powerful boost.
May 10, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Former chief of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Yoram Cohen at the Annual Herzliya Conference. Credit: Herzliya Conference.
Israel News
As deal with Palestinians remains unlikely, Israel should defend its own interests, says former Shin Bet head
It’s risky, to be sure, but optimism lingers. “An arrangement will discernably minimize our control of Palestinians [and] decrease hostility, and suitable security arrangements can be made,” Yoram Cohen told participants at the Annual Herzliya Conference.
May 10, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Amos Gilead speaking at the Herzliya Conference.
Israel News
‘Hezbollahstan has 120,000 rockets pointed at Israel’
Providing an alternative view to PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s support for America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Maj.-Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilead says at the annual Herzliya Conference. “In Israel, we supported the cancellation of the deal, and everyone is satisfied. Why are we satisfied? What are the options?”
May 10, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers of the IDF Intelligence Unit. The "Unit 9900" or Ro'im Rachok, is a unit of the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate that specifically recruits teenagers on the autism spectum to analyze aerial and satellite photographs. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90
Feature
The IDF’s Unit 9900: ‘Seeing’ their service come to fruition
The secretive and sensitive Unit 9900, which specializes in visual intelligence and plays an essential role in the activities of the Israel Defense Forces, has received some 100 autistic volunteer soldiers so far.
May 4, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
The aerial photograph of the Iranian induction and recruitment center in Syria presented by Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon to the U.N. Security Council. Credit: Israeli Permanent Mission to U.N.
Israel News
Analysis: Stopping the formation of the Iranian war machine
Iran is continuing to try and build up its attack capabilities in Syria, and testing Jerusalem’s determination to stop it.
April 30, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Incoming Israel Defense Forces Chief of Intelligence, Maj. Gen. Tamir Heiman during a a ceremony appointing him in the position at Glilot military base near Tel Aviv, March 28, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90
Opinion
New military intelligence chief arrives at a critical juncture
Maj. Gen. Tamir Heiman is taking the helm at a critical moment in Israel’s low-profile campaign to disrupt the force buildup of its enemies as part of a campaign dubbed “the War Between the Wars.”
April 29, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Burning Tires
Israel News
Middle East braces for a tense May
Nevertheless, the nations and parties in the midst of possible escalation have nothing to gain from an all-out war.
April 26, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Watching the military airshow from on the Tel Aviv beach on Israel's 70th Independence Day, April 19, 2018. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90.
Israel News
Flyby a reminder ‘that we are standing watch,’ says Israeli squadron commander
A public show (not a showing off) of force on Israel’s Independence Day . . . in the air, on the seas and at ground level.
April 19, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Lt.-Col. Ohad Shadmi's family. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
The Israeli air force legend that influenced generations
Recalling Ohad Shadmi, a pilot and squadron commander, whose family made unequivocal decisions to protect the Jewish state in the skies and on the ground.
April 17, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers visit a 1948 battle site in Malkia, near the Lebanese border. Credit: Yaakov Lappin.
Feature
Walking in the footsteps of those who battled in 1948
Participants in joint military-civilian tours of War of Independence sites learned about acts of bravery that turned events around and left a mark on Israeli history.
April 15, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Versailles, France on May 29, 2017. Photo by www.kremlin.ru/Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Analysis: Minimal strike on Assad shows extent of Russian deterrence
While the purpose was to target Syria’s chemical-weapons capabilities, in actuality, the strikes are more of an indication of Russia’s successful ability to cause Western powers to limit their action.
April 14, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli F-35I Adir jets fly in formation. Photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony/U.S. Air Force.
Feature
Israel’s intelligence ‘factory’: A decade of development
An industry of intelligence-gatherers and air-force operations works behind the scenes, nipping threats in the bud and doing so without sparking major wars in the process.
April 10, 2018
Yaakov Lappin
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