Deserts in israel

Shin Bet uncovers Bedouin terror cell plotting attacks on police station, Beersheba bus station

The Shin Bet statement further detailed an attack that was planned on a Beersheba nightclub that was uncovered following the arrest and interrogation of Israeli citizen Abdullah Jarjawi.

 Members of Israel's Bedouin Arab community ride their camels as they take part in a camel race, near Ashalim, in southern Israel, November 1, 2024.
THE HARDEST DAZE perform the music of The Grateful Dead. (Dead Gathering)

Grateful Dead Gathering brings mini-Woodstock to Arava oasis for three-day festival

Police seize rifles and grenades in Tarabin as "Operation New Order" intensifies in the south. January 7, Negev

'Operation New Order': 30 arrested, weapons seized in major Tarabin police raid in the Negev

 THE DUNES around Be’er Milka.

Knowing the Land of Israel part 2: Be’er Milka


Crisis as a catalyst, will Oct. 7 reshape the Israeli tech ecosystem? - opinion

Israel's tech ecosystem responds innovatively to crises, transitioning from emergency hacks to long-term recovery solutions, fostering national growth opportunities.

 INNOVATION EXPERTS visit Kibbutz Magen, near the Gaza Strip. (20/4/2024)

Tour Israel: Visit the Negev's Desert Nights Music Festival

The Desert Nights Music Festival will take place in five locations around the Negev, each one with its own unique character. Below, you will find a short list of some of the most exciting events.

 Lantern tour of Moa

Negev’s ‘Desert Nights’ festival to kick off in August

The Desert Nights-Negev Stars Festival will allow visitors to get to know the peoples, lands, and stories of Israel's Negev desert.

 ENJOYING THE view at the Ramon Crater.

Israeli 'DeserTech' to be model for environmental cooperation in Mideast

The program encourages entrepreneurism and innovation around solving four of the most significant challenges of the desert.

 Ministers discuss "Great Green Wall" initiative at meeting in New York, July 20, 2023.

American dead hiker’s family won NIS 2.7 m., but did the Israeli court really dig in?

The court said it dismissed disputed aspects of the students’ narratives since there was no way to reconcile contradictions, they had clearly influenced each other, and because of inconsistencies.

MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Desertification Day: How Israel could help solve the desertification crisis

"There is hope," said Nicole Hod-Stroh. "Israel's Negev is leading this hope and should be a source of national pride."

In the Negev Desert, Israeli innovation offers the world ways to build resilient crops, water technologies, clean energy and other tools. Shown here, a solar energy field.

Archaeologists find architecture plans for mystery desert mega structures - study

Archaeologists found ancient engravings in Saudi Arabia and Jordan that seem to be architectural plans to construct mega-structures called desert kites, which were used for hunting.

 Landscape of Saudi Arabia where the engravings have been found.

Israel made the desert bloom – this is fact, not racism - opinion

Contrary to what anti-Israel figures try to say, the Jewish people transformed this region in the Middle East into a prosperous country.

 ‘YOU HAVE literally made the desert bloom,’ declared European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Air conditioning system in PM Ben-Gurion's Sde Boker home restored

Teams of retired technicians came back for a special project: restoring a long-retired air conditioning unit in the former home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.

 Tadiran air conditioner technicians Yehuda Amergi and Moshe Schwartz

How did the Arava become the 'Silicon Valley' of Israeli agriculture?

Welcome to “the Silicon Valley” of Israeli agriculture. The JNF’s catchy slogan is “The Arava is where fertile minds meet barren soil.” 

 Experimental station for growing strawberries in the desert