Negev

From the Danube to the Negev: Climate change is a European problem too - opinion

Climate change is transforming the Mediterranean into an increasingly shared ecological space.

Israelis hike at Nahal Hava in the Negev, southern Israel, January 30, 2026; Illustrative.
The Shimon Peres Medical Center in the Negev

Public hospital in the Negev to enter planning and oversight phase

Two of the 60 puppies up for adoption in Sderots's animal shelter.

While Israeli children enjoy summer break, 60 puppies born in southern Israel wait for adoption

Rivka and Jonathan Pollard and Adam Scott Bellos display an example of the wine to be created in memory of Esther Pollard.

Jonathan Pollard plants a vineyard for Esther - and reflects on the love that brought him home


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.

Israel's open secret: Why is Dimona at the center of Israel’s nuclear weapon ambiguity? - explainer

In the 1960s, then prime minister Levi Eshkol vowed that “Israel will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region.” The sentiment has been repeated by Israeli officials since.

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

Home Front Command updates guidelines for southern Israel after strikes wound over 100

Schools will remain closed, in line with Education Minister Yoav Kisch's emergency Saturday ruling to cancel the return to in person learning on Sunday. 

Home Front Command Commander Major-General Shai Klapper at the scene of the Iranian ballistic missile strike in Arad, March 21, 2026.

Lauder Employment Centers, Avi Balashnikov honored at Israeli quality conference

Awards highlight the centers’ contribution to employment, innovation, and economic resilience in the Negev and Galilee.

From right: Israeli Society for Quality chairman Sharon Anker, Israel Aerospace Industries chairman Boaz Levy, and Israel Export Institute chairman and Lauder Employment Centers in Israel chairman Avi Balashnikov.

Standing Together activists place first shelters in unrecognized Negev Bedouin villages

In the span of a week during June, 2025, a funding campaign for the shelters had raised more than NIS 500,000 through small donations from thousands of citizens.

(Illustrative) Rocket launches are seen from southern Lebanon toward the Golan Heights, March 3, 2026

'Wealthy religous center': Mosaics, ancient Byzantine church discovered at Nitzana National Park

Dated to the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (fifth to seventh century CE), the church is the sixth to be discovered at the site.

THE SITE of a 1,400 year old church at Nitzana National Park.

Bedouin lawyer Hanan Alsanah eyes politics to advance Arab-Jewish partnership, women’s leadership

“I am a Bedouin feminist human rights lawyer as a peace builder,” Alsanah said at the outset, describing the identity she says she has “paid a very high price” to claim.

Hanan Alsanah is the only one among her sisters to attend university.

Pnei Kedem: Where the view hooks you - and the community makes you stay

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Israel Police chief is right about the crime crisis, wrong to wait for software to fix it - opinion

Technology isn't the cure for crime. We must move beyond surveillance and restore sovereignty through physical presence and emergency powers.

 The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Israeli nonprofit builds 24/7 operations room to protect isolated farms

Moledet, founded after years of attacks on remote agricultural sites, monitors dozens of farms and open areas, linking alerts from the field with security forces in real time.

Sderot is providing 24/7 monitoring for dozens of remote farms and open areas, aiming to cut response times to incidents that include theft, vandalism, arson and suspected infiltrations, according to the nonprofit behind the initiative.