Mitzpe Ramon

Mitzpe Ramon to become Israel's 'Space City,' creating new hub for civil space exploration

Space City aims to become Israel’s largest civilian space investigation and development campus, funded by government and private organizations, in collaboration with Nvidia.

|ByPELED ARBELI
Israel from space 1
The Pauker Red made in memory of winemaker Gideon Pauker, murdered on Oct. 7, 2023.

Wine Talk: Wine on the edge

Vineyards growing in the desert, the Negev is Israel’s daring wine experiment.

|ByADAM MONTEFIORE
THE NANA WINERY visitor area.

Desert dreams: Nana Winery brings fine wine to Mitzpe Ramon

Together with his wife, Shahar, and their six children, Nana turned a wild dream into a thriving reality: a vineyard in the desert.

|ByLAUREN GUMPORT
Participants from the Birthright group in Mitzpe Ramon, June 2025.

Birthright participants demonstrate resilience and a deep love of Israel amid Iran war - interview

These young adults showed that resilience is not just within the bones of the citizens of Israel, but within the blood of the Jewish people, wherever in the world they may be from. Am Yisrael Chai.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER

Desert adventures at Mitzpe Ramon

MARCH 18, 2018ByTALY SHARON
Hiking in Mitzpe Ramon

Israel film dreams and reality

Mitzpe Ramon in 1954: Revisiting the dusty town.

MARCH 7, 2018ByCHARLES TICHO
The eastern part of the Neveh Ya’acov communityThe writer as a handsome young man on the Negev set of ‘Hill 24 Does Not Answer.’

Missing British tourist may be suffering from Jerusalem syndrome

Oliver McAfee, 29 was last seen on November 21 in Mitzpe Ramon, near a hiking trail.

JANUARY 17, 2018ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
A recent image of missing person Oliver McAfee.

Derrière les barreaux

Rencontre avec Yariv Cohen, directeur adjoint d’une prison de haute sécurité qui compte parmi les détenus les plus dangereux du pays

JULY 23, 2017ByEYAL LEVY
Yariv Cohen et quelques surveillants de la prison