Dimona

The growing city in Israel: 17,000 additional apartments in Dimona

Dimona will triple its population. This week, a new master plan was signed with 17,000 new housing units and major infrastructure development.

Master Plan Agreement Signing.
The puppet festival in Dimona

Dimona presents: The festival that lets you enjoy time with your kids for only NIS 10

Damaged car flipped by gas station theives in car chase, November 18, 2025.

One dead, five in custody after gas station thieves' getaway car flips in police chase

 A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev desert outside Dimona, now called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.

Construction seen at Dimona site linked to suspected Israeli nuclear program - AP


La fin du tabou du nucléaire israélien ?

Des documents révélés par la presse montrent qu’Israël aurait sérieusement envisagé de faire exploser une bombe atomique dans la péninsule du Sinaï juste avant la guerre des Six jours

David Ben-Gurion et Shimon Peres en visite sur le site du réacteur nucléaire de Dimona

Was the Six Day War fought in part over Israel’s nuclear program?

“I am trying to show what might be an alternative narrative to what led to that war, or to combine the two narratives together. This is the last big secret.”

Israeli troops near Rafah during the Six Day War

Intent to sell or a good time at Israel's Burning Man festival?

Police go undercover, seize drugs at psychedelic desert festival.

Drugs confiscated by Israel Police

21 Injured in apartment fire in southern Israel

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

Apartment fire in Dimona

Israeli nuclear secret-leaker Vanunu convicted of meeting with foreigners

Vanunu denied that he posed a security risk.

Mordechai Vanunu appears in the magistrate's court in Jerusalem

‘Textile factory’ in Dimona to be renamed after Peres

As director-general of the Defense Ministry in the mid 1950s, Peres was instrumental in building a close relationship with France, which agreed to sell a nuclear reactor to Israel.

Peres at the Nuclear Research Facility

After 53 years, MKs call for emergency meeting to discuss upgrading Dimona nuclear reactor

Built in 1963 using technology acquired from France, the lifetime of the reactor – officially known as the Nuclear Research Center–Negev – is 40 years, according the manufacturer’s specifications.

Dimona nuclear reactor

ANALYSIS: The cloudy future of Israel's nuclear reactor

It's a "catch 22"- The very thing that could ultimately afford Israel the tools to build a new reactor would also prevent it from using the reactor as a nuclear deterrent.

Dimona nuclear reactor

Class action lawsuit filed against Israel Railways over Dimona train crash

Lawsuit demands that the train company pay NIS 1,500 per resident, which amounts to NIS 20 million.

Scene of train collision in Dimona

Israelis slain in Istanbul bombing laid to rest

Dimona Mayor Ben Biton praised one of the victims, Simcha Damri, for her years of charity work helping out needy families in Dimona, and called her “one of the foundations of the city."

Funeral of Simcha Damri‏