Negev
Meet the second-generation Israeli farmer and reservist who grows tomatoes on the Egyptian border
Four years ago, Noam Efrat, 33, chose to return to his roots and raise his own family in Kadesh Barnea. He handles the bright red, deliciously sweet cherry tomatoes from his family’s farm.
Negev Vet clinics founder Dr. Galia Melman Shalev to receive award for Oct. 7 animal rescue efforts
From ‘city of camels’ to Israel’s new dream: Beersheba reinventing itself under Mayor Danilovich
Housing costs top young Israelis’ election concerns, security trails far behind - poll
Israel’s anti-fragile answer to a world in crisis - opinion
For too long, “resilience” has been a comfortable platitude. Alon Davidi, mayor of Sderot and chairman of the regional cluster, refuses it outright.
Israel must treat Hamas's drone smuggling as a national security threat - opinion
On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves.
Police foil terror plot targeting Beersheba police, central bus stations, four arrested
According to the Shin Bet, they planned to carry out an attack at a police station in the south and were arrested at an advanced stage of planning when they were equipped with weapons.
Police foil terror plot targeting Beersheba police, central bus stations, four arrested
According to the Shin Bet, they planned to carry out an attack at a police station in the south and were arrested at an advanced stage of planning when they were equipped with weapons.
![[FILE PHOTO] Police at the scene of a stabbing attack at the central bus station in Beer Sheva, southern Israel, on March 31, 2024.](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/729324 "[FILE PHOTO] Police at the scene of a stabbing attack at the central bus station in Beer Sheva, southern Israel, on March 31, 2024.")
Five wounded by gunfire as Israel Police, Bedouin clans clash in Negev towns
Police said shots were fired from a moving vehicle at another nearby car earlier Monday. Officers from the Yoav Unit operating in the area identified the suspected vehicle and began searching for it.
Hot Air Balloon Festival returns to the Negev after three-year hiatus
Night Glow, sunrise balloon flights, fire and light shows, circus acts, camping and family activities take place Aug 13–14 at Eshkol Park in the Negev as the event returns after a break.
Organized crime costs Israel's economy around NIS 8,000 per household, data shows
The findings indicate that one of the central factors in the rise in the cost of living in Israel is widespread criminal activity across the agriculture, construction, and housing industries.
CENTCOM considers relocating US bases from Gulf States to Negev after painful Iran strikes - report
One option is to establish a new base in the Negev big enough to hold the American army’s forces, or to expand one of the Negev’s air force bases and allocate an American compound there.
Common painkillers are safe during pregnancy, don't raise birth defect risk, Israeli study finds
A large Ben-Gurion University of the Negev study challenges concerns over common painkillers in pregnancy, finding no link to birth defects.
'A minister who destroys': Bedouin protest Ben-Gvir over demolition of illegal homes in Negev
The demonstration came in the wake of comments made the previous day by Ben-Gvir, saying that he would continue demolishing “more and more and more illegally built homes in the Negev.