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The hidden lake at Timna in the desert was formed when copper quarries were flooded. Credit: Gur Tatiana via Shutterstock.com.

Twelve of the most beautiful secret spots in Israel

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Israel being a pretty small country, you’d think that every last inch of it would be well-known and well-covered. Yet that’s far from being the case. Avid or armchair travelers can relish in reaching...
The biblical-era pottery figurine found by an 11-year-old Israeli boy on a family trip to the Negev. Credit: Yevgeny Ostrovsky/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli boy finds biblical-era figurine in the Negev

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An 11-year-old Israeli boy has uncovered a rare, 2,500-year-old amulet during a family excursion in the northern Negev Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Tuesday. Zvi Ben-David of Beersheva came across the pottery figurine...
Energy innovation in Israel’s Negev Desert. Photo courtesy of DeserTech.

How Beersheva plans to be a hub of desert technology

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Israel’s Negev desert has long attracted scientists, environmentalists and solar energy enthusiasts seeking Israel’s know-how on combating desertification. A new initiative, DeserTech, aims to transform that activity into an active networking community. DeserTech is intended to bring together entrepreneurs, investors,...
Bedouins in the Negev Desert near Arad in southern Israel on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Anat Hermony/Flash90.

Israeli NGOs applaud jail term for Bedouin man convicted of polygamy

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An Israeli Bedouin resident of the Negev desert was sentenced to seven months in prison this past week by the Beersheva Magistrates Court for practicing polygamy. The sentencing was welcomed by the Israeli NGO...
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews distributed approximately 500 protective vests for social workers and emergency response workers in Negev communities on Sept. 1, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zeliger.

Social workers in Israel’s south get 500 protective vests for rocket barrages

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The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews distributed approximately 500 protective vests on Tuesday for social workers and emergency response workers in Negev communities, including Beersheva, Sderot, Netivot and a number of Bedouin communities. “The...
Israel Antiquities Authority excavation of the earliest soap factory in the country, discovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev Desert. Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,200-year-old soap factory uncovered in southern Israel

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Israel’s earliest soap factory, dating back approximately 1,200 years, has been uncovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat, the Israel Antiquities Authority reported on Sunday. According to the report, hundreds of local youths were involved...
Ancient stone tools uncovered at a flint-knapping site near the city of Dimona in Israel's Negev Desert. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli youths help uncover evidence of first human migration from Africa

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The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday that it had uncovered evidence of an advanced flint-working technique at tool “factory” in the Negev Desert, supporting the hypothesis that the Negev was on the early...
Enjoying at the Red Sea in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on May 13, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.

Without foreign travel, internal tourism still prohibitively expensive for Israelis

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Israelis love family, they love the beach, they love parties and they love Bamba snacks. But most of all, Israelis love to travel. They can be found traveling all around the world—in Europe (especially...
A artist’s rendering of the Six Senses Shaharut hotel in Israel’s Negev Desert. Source: Six Sense Shahrut.

Luxury hotel in Negev Desert lands on ‘must-visit’ travel lists for 2020

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A new hotel in Israel’s Negev Desert was included on CNN’s list of the 20 “top hotels to check out in 2020.” The Six Senses Shaharut, opening in April, was described by CNN as “the perfect destination for the intrepid...
Bedouins seen outside their home in the village of Umm al Hiran in the Negev Desert on Aug. 27, 2015. It is one of about 46 unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

The Bedouin sector’s ‘deal of the century’

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The Bedouin Authority unveiled an ambitious plan for regulation of 125,000 Bedouin residents of the Negev in the coming decade, but the government’s plan is based on expanding the boundaries of existing Bedouin municipalities...