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A house is not a home: The real test of new homes North and South - opinion

Will government ministries and local authorities treat this as a purely engineering project, or as a broader social-national mission?

 CONSTRUCTION OF new housing takes place in Safed, in June.
An aerial view of the Nana Estate Winery vineyards at the start of harvest season on August 3, 2022 near Mitzpe Ramon in Israel's Negev Desert.

Israel's Negev officially recognized as international wine region 

Red anemones from Shokeda Forest.

South in the Heart returns: Where to explore, eat, and see stunning blooms

Yiftach Singletrack – Named after Yiftach Gurni.

15 kilometers of the spirit of heroism: A new bike singletrack in the heights of Pitchat Nitzana


Negev's sole Jewish-Arab discourse cultural center vacated by municipality

While it may seem that financial woes forced them to leave after over a decade, it actually goes back to disputes surrounding censorship with the municipality.

The Multaka-Mifgash.

Illegal Bedouin settlements need Israel's support - World Likud

Bedouin communities suffer from extraordinary high rates of unemployment, poverty, criminal activity, violence against women, and Islamic radicalization.

A YOUNG WOMAN picks through the ruins of a demolished home in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev in 2017.

Bedouin youth repair a cemetery that was vandalized in a TikTok video

"They showed us that there is another way - we can work together, to strengthen the neighborhood, to work hand in hand for a better Negev for us all."

Bedouin youth restore the cemetary in Nevatim after it was vandalized.

Hundreds of dog, sheep, goat corpses openly abandoned in South

Bodies could pose potential health hazard due to infectious disease contamination.

Stray dogs are seen eating bread in Israel's South.

Incoming deputy chief of staff treated as infiltrator at IDF base

"What do I need to do in order to enter? Do you want me to strip?" asked Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevi.

Maj.-Gen. Hertzi Halevi chosen as next Deputy Chief of Staff, November 2020.

Jews in the Bible Belt: New museum documents Jewish history in the South

"This is a lesson on the American experience... and what happens when strangers come to a strange land."

Chevra Thilim Synagogue, Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans.

Israeli Air Force pilot, cadet killed in crash in the South

Israel Air Force investigating crash; all training flights suspended

Aircraft crashes near Mishmar HaNegev, Nov. 24, 2020

Cabinet approves new Gaza border region town for first time in years

The town is currently referred to by the temporary name "Hanun" and will be located east of the Kibbutz Sa'ad.

Tamir Idan, head of the Sdot Negev Regional Council, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve a new settlement in the Gaza envelope region.

Explosive balloon found in southern Israel

Countless incendiary and explosive balloons have been launched by Gaza's terrorists in recent years.

Israeli soldiers stand next to balloons in a field near the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip

Bikurim Youth Village creates artistic opportunity for Israel’s periphery

The Village, which was established in 2014, “began as a family project or really, as kind of a wish or a dream,” according to its co-founder, Prof. Jonathan Dekel-Chen.

BIKURIM OFFERS a curriculum that focuses on performance and composition capabilities.