Excavations have given proof of a flourishing wine industry in the Byzantine and early Arab period, especially at sites like Shivta, Halutza, Nitzana, and Avdat.
Want to see anemones covering the ground? In the Nir Moshe Forest and the Shaharia Forest in the Northern Negev region, you can witness stunning blooms and hike among the trees and trails.
As opposed to Jewish communities in the Negev, residents of unrecognized villages are unable to legally build any structure – including bomb shelters – because they are not given building permits.
KKL-JNF’s Planting Week, part of Tu Bishvat celebrations, was held this year in a special spirit of remembrance – against the background of fierce fighting on Israel’s borders.
Operation Horev was the last operation on the Egyptian front during the war, helping Israel recapture the Negev and expelled the Egyptian military from Israel’s territory.
Place-IL is set to launch a program that aims to create hundreds of jobs in the Western Negev region over the next 3-4 years.
It was the largest thwarting of a smuggling operation on the Jordanian border, with 137 weapons and 250 ammunition cartridges seized.
According to the Knesset Research and Information Center 21% of the schools in the Bedouin sector in the Negev have no protection at all.
In 1943, KKL-JNF assisted in purchasing land in the Negev, and three years later, eleven kibbutzim were founded.