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Will the month of May be explosive? Security round up

29th April 2018 yaakovlappin2017 0

The coming month of May looks set to contain an unusual number of potential escalation points, which could converge to create a highly explosive period. […]

Security round-up: Israel – Hamas truce facings new tests

28th March 2018 yaakovlappin2017 0

Highlights from recent defense and military coverage Analysis: Tensions on Gaza border a delicate balancing act for Israel The Gaza Strip is the least stable […]

The northern arena is more tense, but still stable – Security round-up

7th February 2018 yaakovlappin2017 0

The northern arena has grown more tense in recent days, following Israeli intelligence indications of an Iranian plan to build rocket guidance systems in Lebanon, […]

Will the defense establishment succeed in keeping war away in 2018? A defense round up

16th January 2018 yaakovlappin2017 0

2018: Will the defense establishment succeed in preventing war?  In the past year, Israel’s defense establishment was successful in preventing the outbreak of war, large-scale […]

War Prevention: A Top IDF Goal

20th December 2017 yaakovlappin2017 0

Can war be prevented through the intelligence use of military firepower? This is part of the case I make in my latest piece for the […]

The Low-Profile War Between Israel and Hezbollah

7th October 2017 yaakovlappin2017 0

For the past several years, a low-profile war has been raging between Israel and Hezbollah. I have published a detailed paper about this quiet conflict […]

My opportunity to speak to the Iranian people

9th August 2017 yaakovlappin2017 0

This week, I appeared on the Voice of America’s Persian news program (video below, for Farsi speakers only!). The program is broadcast directly to Iran, […]

Israel doesn’t trust the Russian-American arrangement to keep Iran out of south Syria

1st August 2017 yaakovlappin2017 0

Behind the scenes, Israel’s top priority right now seems to be preventing Iran from moving into south Syria. The first signal that something was going […]

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An interview with the head of the IDF’s Counter-Terrorism Branch

29th July 2017 yaakovlappin2017 0

Click here to read my interview with the commander of the IDF’s Counter-Terrorism Branch, Maj. Hanan. Maj. Hanan’s Branch is a part of the wider […]

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Why the Six Day War model might be making a comeback

12th July 2017 yaakovlappin2017 3

One of the biggest sources of dissatisfaction among the Israeli public during Israel’s last major armed conflict, the 2014 clash with Hamas, was the length […]

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