Mitzpe Ramon

Resilience on the frontlines: A year after returning to Kibbutz Dafna - opinion

In Kibbutz Dafna, life under sirens and rockets continues, but residents remain steadfast.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.
Bus carrying IDF soldiers to base overturns near Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, February 26, 2026.

Within two hours: Three bus crashes in southern Israel leave 37 injured, including IDF soldiers

Israel from space 1

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

The Pauker Red made in memory of winemaker Gideon Pauker, murdered on Oct. 7, 2023.

Wine Talk: Wine on the edge


High Court gets police to reinstate gay pride march in Mitzpe Ramon

On Sunday, LGBTQ activists filed a petition with the High Court after police notified them that their parade was approved, but the route was not.

 AMONG SELF-IDENTIFIED leftists, once-popular issues such as the two-state solution have been replaced by those such as LGBTQ+ rights. Pictured: The first pride parade in Mitzpe Ramon, July 2021.

Israeli city bans Pride parade's route, gives it to anti-LGBT protest - report

Police had called for the LGBTQ+ Pride parade to be moved last week, but a local yeshiva protest against the parade was approved to be held at the original spot.

 People participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon, on July 2, 2021.

Four ibexes found dead in Israel's South in mysterious circumstances

There is as of yet no explanation for their deaths, though poisoning may seem likely. Investigations and autopsies are ongoing.

  A dead ibex is seen in Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, on June 12, 2022.

'Gays, go home!' - Mitzpe Ramon yeshiva head rails against LGBTQ+ people

Rabbi Tzvi Kustiner, head of the yeshiva, is a member of the far-right Noam Party, headed by MK Avi Maoz.

 People participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon, on July 2, 2021.

Desert from Within Festival hits Israel's South - what you need to know

The festival is taking place on May 19-21 in various locations in the South, including Mitzpe Ramon, Sde Boker and Yeroham.

 AN IGLOO designed from books in a Mitzpe Ramon library.

The magic of Mitzpe Ramon

Mitzpe Ramon is a small town in the southern Negev desert established three years after the State of Israel was founded.

 The view from the Beresheet Hotel, overlooking the infinity pool and Ramon Crater

Jazz on the edge at Mitzpe Ramon

Envelope-pushing German trumpeter Hans Peter Salentin to raise the curtain on next week’s festival

 GERMAN TRUMPETER Hans Peter Salentin.

AMADEE-20: Israel-based Mars analog mission ends after 3 weeks

The mission was the latest Mars analog mission launched by the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), held in partnership with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) and the D-MARS habitat.

NASA's Mars Helicopter a small autonomous rotorcraft in this artist rendition

'Astronauts' simulate Mars environment in Israel’s Mitzpe Ramon

The mission will run 20 experiments and test methods for searching for signs of life on the Red Planet before it ends on October 31.

Mitzpe ramon at night

Perseids meteor shower lights up Mitzpe Ramon's night sky

The Perseids meteor shower takes place every August, and hundreds of people travel down south to the Ramon crater to enjoy the visual experience

 A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower at the Negev Desert in southern Israel, August 13, 2021.