Yaakov Lappin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Yaakov Lappin / JNS.org
As Israel Faces Growing Threat From Enemy Drones, Science Fiction Comes to Life
JNS.org - A quadcopter from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel earlier this month, and the IDF released a short message, saying that a unit...
IDF’s Counter-Terrorism Branch Prepares for ‘the Next War’
JNS.org - On Friday night July 21, Major Hanan (whose full name is withheld for security reasons) received word of a gruesome development. A knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist...
How the Israeli Air Force Is Becoming Like Google and IBM
JNS.org - High up in a building at Israel’s military headquarters in Tel Aviv, a unique department is hard at work, bringing problem-solving techniques from the high-tech...
Iran, With Russian Help, Threatens Israel From Syria
JNS.org - With the help of its powerful allies, President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is gradually consolidating its grip over parts of Syria. The six-year Syrian conflict...
Big Data Is Preparing the IDF for 21st Century Combat
JNS.org - In the not too distant future, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battalion commander may stare out at the urban sprawl of a Gazan neighborhood....
Some Israeli Experts Say Trump’s Leak to Russia Won’t Affect US Defense Ties
JNS.org - Just as President Donald Trump was implementing his reset of US ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- who had a relatively turbulent relationship with the...
Israel Braces for Its Latest Battlefront: The Sea
JNS.org - Amid a quiet, yet massive arms race between Israel and Hezbollah, both sides are preparing for the possibility of a war branching out to...
How an Islamic State Hotbed Grew on Israel’s Egyptian Border
JNS.org - Despite repeated warnings from Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau to stay away from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a hardcore group of resolute Israeli tourists planned to go...
Radical Iran-led Axis Finally Meets US Resistance
The conflict in Syria has long ceased being a civil war; rather, it has become a clash between coalitions and opposing blocs battling for control of the...
Navigating High-Stakes Chess Between Israel, Russia and Syria
JNS.org - Just a single day had passed since Israel’s new ambassador to Russia, Gary Koren, presented his credentials to President Vladimir Putin before Koren was called...
Hezbollah Uses Terror Recruitment to Threaten Israel
JNS.org - When it comes to the threat posed by Hezbollah, Israelis often worry about rocket attacks or other conventional arms. But the Lebanese Shia terrorist organization...
The Israeli Army Prepares to Fight More Powerful Enemies
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has significantly stepped up the scope and frequency of its combat training, as sub-state jihadist enemies around Israel build up their...
With Israel on the Sidelines, Hamas and ISIS Fight in Gaza
JNS.org - Terrorists affiliated with ISIS are challenging Hamas' rule in the Gaza Strip and trying to topple the regime there, which they accuse of being un-Islamic and...
The US and Israel Now Both Oppose the Iran Deal, But Are Unsure How to Fix It
JNS.org - A year and a half after it was signed, the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is in doubt. Before being elected last November, President...
