Critics of Israeli legislation aimed at urbanizing the Bedouin population of the Negev desert are trying to enlist American Jews to support their struggle and to apply pressure on the Israeli government to halt implementation of the program. The plight of the Bedouins, dramatized in the 2012 award-winning feature film “Sharqiya,” is that their land…
A magnificent 1,500-year-old mosaic floor has been uncovered by archeologists near Kibbutz Beit Kama in the south, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Sunday. The mosaic was the most outstanding find in a Byzantine-era village unearthed in the Negev during a survey conducted prior to construction of a highway. The village, which thrived from the 4th…
Billions of locusts are spreading throughout Israel’s south. The newly hatched locusts identified in the Negev Desert area are the offspring of locust swarms that entered Israel from Egypt in March. A swarm of 30 million locusts first appeared near Cairo on March 2 and caused millions of dollars worth of crop damage in Egypt….
Heavy haze from sandstorms in the Negev area engulfed most parts of Israel on Monday, limiting visibility to approximately a kilometer. Conditions are expected to improve on Monday evening. The Environment Ministry issued a statement warning of high levels of air pollution. According to the ministry’s estimates, Monday’s conditions were caused by the worst such…
To the Bedouins, the plan for a mass demolition of their villages is a cruel move that would expel them from land they say belongs to them; to the Israeli government it is a bold attempt to remedy this minority’s own complaints about its low living standard and bring it into the 21st century. Israel’s…
I am suffering from Periodic Missile Stress Disorder (PMSD), which is being aggravated by the world’s indifference to my situation. Once again sirens sounded last night in our sleepy town of Meitar and the non-stop booms of missiles falling in nearby Beersheva could clearly be heard and yet we are not at war or even…
David Ben Gurion is famous for saying that “the future of Israel lies in the Negev,” though, his vision is far from realized. The region, which makes up about half the landmass of the entire country, has been slow to develop and remains largely empty desert. More than 50 years later, this is gradually starting…
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