Negev

Police, emergency services searching for people, vehicles trapped in southern Israel floods

Multiple roads in southern Israel and the Dead Sea area, including the roads leading to and from Eilat, were closed due to flooding and the risk of flash floods.

People walk in the rain in Jerusalem, August 15, 2026.
Amir Sturgo, a candidate on Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad list, speaks to haredi men in Bnei Brak regarding the party's "service plan," October 23, 2026.

From reserve duty to Knesset candidate: Meet B'Yachad's Amir Strugo - interview

Lying just south of the major western Negev border city of Sderot, Sapir – with more than 7,000 students – is Israel’s largest public college.

The southern launchpad: How Sapir College is turning academic talent into market leaders- opinion

An anti-Israel protest in New York City. Ilustrative.

Super Zio: The Israeli creator turning Jewish pride into a viral movement - opinion


Israel’s election campaign lacks substance, fresh leadership, and vision - opinion

From national security to the haredi draft, Israel’s most pressing challenges have received little serious attention from candidates seeking to lead the country.

Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election

Yoaz Hendel: Reservists are the key to breaking Israel’s political deadlock - opinion

We cannot go backward – we cannot afford more rounds of elections or to abandon the prospect of change. Voting for “the largest party” is effectively a vote for yet another election.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walk near an electoral banner for the Reservist-Economic Party  led by Yoaz Hendel (R) and Yaron Zelekha (L) in Bnei Barak, near Tel Aviv, October 18, 2026

Israel’s most famous market lands in the capital of the Negev

Starting Thursday, the Grand Bazaar will operate twice a week in the Beersheba Market as part of a NIS 65 million urban renewal project to bring the public back to the historic market.

Beersheba Municipal Market.

After Oct. 7, Israel’s border communities need long-term philanthropy - opinion

Israel is approaching an election period, creating uncertainty around government commitments that many organizations assumed would help carry emergency initiatives into the next stage.

THE ENTRANCE to Kibbutz Kissufim.

Arava International Film Festival expands to two outdoor screens for 15th edition in November

The Arava International Film Festival returns November 4 to 14 with nine Israeli premieres, Hollywood classics, and two outdoor screens beneath the Negev desert sky.

FOR THE first time, the festival will feature two outdoor screens.

More trails, more damage? Why marking additional hiking routes in Israel should be avoided

A new study examined what happens to wildlife when new hiking trails are opened in previously inaccessible areas, finding that certain species move away from the paths or alter their activity hours.

A total of 288 cameras placed at various distances from the trails recorded wildlife before, during, and after the disturbance.

Prosecution charges three Israeli Bedouins of supplying weapons to 2024 Beersheba station terrorist

They are charged with trafficking and possession of weapons and ammunition, as well as providing the means to commit a terrorist act. 

 The aftermath of the terror attack in Beersheba.

Shin Bet uncovers Bedouin terror cell plotting attacks on police station, Beersheba bus station

The Shin Bet statement further detailed an attack that was planned on a Beersheba nightclub that was uncovered following the arrest and interrogation of Israeli citizen Abdullah Jarjawi.

 Members of Israel's Bedouin Arab community ride their camels as they take part in a camel race, near Ashalim, in southern Israel, November 1, 2024.

Terror cells forming in Negev Bedouin communities in 'concering phenomenon,' Shin Bet chief warn

In his remarks to cabinet members, the head of the service detailed that the defense establishment had identified attempts to create infrastructure of a military nature inside Israeli territory.

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director David Zini visits at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror, on April 21, 2026.

'We'll be the growth engine': Three years after October 7, a college powers Sderot's return to life

After October 7 raised fears for Sapir Academic College’s future, the institution is helping drive the region’s revival

Sapir Academic College has succeeded in rebuilding over the past three years.
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