Negev

On This Day in 1948: Israel crosses Egyptian border en route to independence

Operation Horev was the last operation on the Egyptian front during the war, helping Israel recapture the Negev and expelled the Egyptian military from Israel’s territory.

Negev Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe

Celebrating new life at the Negev Zoo.

Tech initiative to transform Negev economy, create hundreds of jobs

Place-IL is set to launch a program that aims to create hundreds of jobs in the Western Negev region over the next 3-4 years.

Smuggling operation foiled on Jordanian border

It was the largest thwarting of a smuggling operation on the Jordanian border, with 137 weapons and 250 ammunition cartridges seized.

By YANIR YAGNA/WALLA!
01/12/2023

Negev Bedouin decry government’s ‘lip service’ over lack of bomb shelters

According to the Knesset Research and Information Center 21% of the schools in the Bedouin sector in the Negev have no protection at all.

KKL-JNF helped build the Gaza border communities and will do so again

In 1943, KKL-JNF assisted in purchasing land in the Negev, and three years later, eleven kibbutzim were founded.

Bedouin Sheikhs vow and encourage trust in IDF in war with Hamas

The Bedouin population was massacred violently on October 7, as many farmers who went to milk cows in the early morning hours were murdered and kidnapped.

The Negev after the war - opinion

For years, the "Israel for the Negev" association has cried out and sharply criticized the functioning of the intelligence and the military in everything related to the Negev.

By DR. ESTHER LUZZATTO
10/11/2023

Jewish National Fund-USA leads relief efforts for Israel's battered south

Building on two decades of partnership with Israel’s south, Jewish National Fund-USA quickly stepped in to provide emergency assistance and the promise to rebuild.

By TANIA SHALOM MICHAELIAN
07/11/2023
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