Yaakov Lappin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Yaakov Lappin / JNS.org
Through Rapid Raids, IDF’s Special Forces Will Play Critical Role in Any Hezbollah War
JNS.org - At the end of November, the Israeli military’s Commando Brigade held a secretive war exercise, which sheds light on how Israel is preparing...
IDF Enlistment Officer Has ‘Moving Encounters’ with North American Jewish Youths
JNS.org - “That was a real wow for me,” said Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander of the Meitav recruitment unit of the Israel Defense Forces...
Hamas ‘Raises the Stakes’ with Mass Rocket Assault on Israel
JNS.org - Hamas and other armed Gazan factions launched a widespread rocket and mortar assault on southern Israel as evening descended on Monday, in an assault...
New IDF Chief of Staff Takes Charge Facing an Explosive Region
JNS.org - The recent appointment of Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi as the next Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) means that the Israeli...
New Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader ‘Will Seek to Satisfy Iran’
JNS.org - Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second-largest armed terrorist faction in the Gaza Strip, announced at the end of last month that it had...
Israel Must Make a Decision on Gaza — Now
JNS.org - Events in Gaza are moving quickly, and Israel has now reached a critical fork in the road with two main paths: a significant military...
Israel’s War Readiness: Prepped as Never Before
JNS.org - A recent report by the Israeli military’s ombudsman fiercely criticized the IDF’s war readiness. It’s a criticism that has touched a nerve among senior military command...
After Exposure of Beirut Missile Sites, Hezbollah and Lebanon Launch Damage Control
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision last week at the UN General Assembly to reveal the location of secret missile sites in Beirut,...
Iran Is Smuggling Weapons Through Lebanon, and Israel Must Respond
JNS.org - A recent report by Fox News stated that Iran has begun using civilian flights to Beirut international airport for the trafficking of weapons to Hezbollah. This report,...
The IDF’s Latest Innovation in Combat Tactics
JNS.org - The IDF recently held a large-scale war drill in the northern part of the country, in which military commanders got a chance to...
IDF Ground Forces Acquire More Precise Rocket Firepower
JNS.org - A recent deal for the purchase of hundreds of millions of shekels worth of guided rockets for the IDF is a forward-looking step...
Hamas Is Taking the Region to the Brink of War
JNS.org - The security escalation in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip shows that Hamas is prepared to take the region to the brink of war,...
Why a Hamas-Israel Truce Won’t Work
JNS.org - Intensive efforts are underway to reach a long-term, comprehensive truce arrangement between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Former members of the...
Israeli Hospitals Drill the Transition from ‘Routine to War’
JNS.org - Under the expert guidance of IDF Home Front Command, Israeli hospitals across the country are shoring up their ability to shift into war...
Israeli Divers to Search Danube River in Budapest for Remains of Hungarian Jews Murdered in Holocaust
In National TV Appearance, Women's March Leaders Again Refuse to Condemn Farrakhan
Leading Jewish Groups Among Those Mourning Assassinated Polish Mayor Pawel Adamowicz
Activist Who Said Israel Is a ‘Terrorist Entity’ Attends Tlaib Swearing-In, Private Dinner
University of Manitoba Student Leaders Condemn 'Unnecessary, Ill-Considered' BDS Resolution Adopted by Canadian Federation of Students