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Three new luxury hotels planned in Israeli desert tourist gem

Developers to build five-star resorts on a dramatic cliffside, aiming to turn Mitzpe Ramon into a world-class desert tourism destination with nearly 1,500 guest rooms

Navit Zomer | 08.13.25

Jackal drags baby out of tent, at Negev campsite

Father of a 14-month-old child says he heard his wife's scream that their baby was missing; the child was found slightly hurt, meters away, where the animal had dropped him

Ilana Curiel | 06.01.24

The flowers will bloom in the gardens again

Volunteers rebuild and rehabilitate private and communal gardens and greens in communities devastated in Hamas massacre doing physical labor under the hot sun to bring back hope

Gal Ganot | 05.14.24

Heroic Sderot mother shields children with her body as rocket sirens wail

Afternoon alarm in southern city caught Gilat Cohen and her 3 children returning from kindergarten; she stopped the car; her kids, knowing the drill, lay down, and she covered them for protection and recited a verse from Isaiah to stay calm

ynet correspondents | 05.13.24

Rare footage: European badger spotted in the Negev

Nature and Parks Authority inspector Mark Katz documents badger in the Negev mountains where its population is extremely sparse

Ynet | 04.03.24

Vultures' mating ritual captured in Negev reserve

Nature and Parks Authority volunteer documents mating ritual in the En Avdat Nature Reserve; Zin Nature Reserve head says 3 vultures sighted in the area, but there may be more

Ynetnews | 03.21.24

אמיר אוחנה בסיור בכפר עזה עם איוונקה טראמפ וג׳ראד קושנר

Jared Kushner advises moving Gazans to Negev while IDF 'cleans up' the Strip

Former Trump advisor in Harvard University panel calls Gaza waterfront property 'very valuable' and adds that an IDF operation in Rafah is a 'matter of time'; Palestinian state is a "super bad idea" that rewards terror, he says

Daniel Edelson, New York | 03.20.24

Rare green-horned gazelle spotted in Negev

Amir Balaban from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel says he saw the bright green antlers are likely a result of grooming using a local desert shrub

Ynet | 02.18.24

עשרות ילדים הגיעו הבוקר (שלישי) רכובים על גמלים, חמורים וסוסים לבית הספר אל עזאזמה ו-וואדי נעם.

Watch: Students in the Negev left without transportation ride camel to school

No transportation? No problem: Some 6,500 students from the Neve Midbar Regional Council in the Negev were not able to start the school year like everyone else due to a protest by bus drivers who claim they have not been paid for months

Ilana Curiel | 09.05.23

In photos: The lives of ibexes in Israel's desert

Conservation efforts throughout the years have slowly managed to bolster the Ibex population in Israel, and they can now be seen in the country's deserts and some areas of the Golan Heights

Noa Fisher | 08.16.23

A growing number of Israelis are chasing the stars

After the COVID-19 pandemic, people find the need to get outdoors and experience nature, many opting to head to the desert and gaze up at the night sky; 'it's a love and a passion,' says one stargazer as the community grows

Lior Ohana | 08.10.23

Enrichment days, in which all of the students in the project met. Photo by The Desert Around Me

Multicultural project helps Israeli students learn about the desert

What happens when Jewish and Arab teenagers meet in the middle of the desert, and decide to make movies? In a new initiative, the young residents of the wilderness encounter the scorching issues of their terrain

Netta Nissim/Zavit | 08.06.23

Bedouins living in an unauthorized shanty town in the Negev

Israel takes steps to combat 'harmful' polygamy in Bedouin community

New regulation hailed by a right-wing group attempting to restrict Bedouin settlement in the Negev, would limit land allotted to families, to no longer provide for plural wives, impacting children

i24NEWS | 08.03.23

Endangered vultures find sanctuary at secretive conservation site in the Negev

Accompanied by Assaf Kamar and photographer Nadav Abas, the Nature and Parks Authority inspector transported a cow carcass to a hidden location, ensuring vultures and other birds of prey could feast without the threat of being by overzealous ranchers

Assaf Kamar | 06.26.23

Grapes make the desert bloom

Despite the arid climate and inhospitable soil a budding wine industry is emerging in the Negev with its own particular flavor and optimism for growth in Israel's new wine country

Tiki Golan | 06.26.23