Tag Archives: Negev

“A terror attack in the Negev ignites a long simmering issue. Has Israel lost control of the Negev and parts of the Galilee?”

ISRAEL FROM THE INSIDE The Enemy Within Daniel Gordis March 28, 2022 …When the Chief of Israel’s Police visited the scene of last week’s terror attack, he was almost assaulted by the crowd of Israelis who had gathered. Usually, when … Continue reading

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“Extensive damage has been inflicted upon protective thickets of trees planted around eleven communities in the Western Negev”

KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL/JEWISH NATIONAL FUND Life-Saving Trees Burnt by Incendiary Kites August 19, 2018 Hundreds of acres of security plantings carried out in this part of Israel since the 1950s have now gone up in smoke due to incessant incendiary … Continue reading

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Beersheba’s Gav-Yam Negev Tech Park home to 45 firms, from giants like Lockheed Martin, IBM, PayPal and Deutsche Telekom, to tech start-ups

WASHINGTON POST Israel hopes a cyber-city in the desert will coax highly trained, affluent, young people away from Tel Aviv by Ellen Nakashima and Ruth Eglash May 14, 2016 This city in the heart of the Negev desert was once … Continue reading

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“Israel’s Negev Desert isn’t just home to Ramon Crater, a spectacular, otherworldly playground for biking and hiking, but it’s also where you’ll find one of the country’s most pampering resorts”

WALL STREET JOURNAL A Luxurious Adventure Vacation in a Place You’d Never Expect by Roger Toll May 3, 2016 …A month earlier, when I was planning to drive from Tel Aviv to Eilat on the Red Sea, a friend recommended … Continue reading

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Beersheba cybersecurity complex underway the biggest infrastructure project in Israeli history

MOTHERBOARD The Future of Cybersecurity Is Being Written in the Israeli Desert by Hunter Stuart February 1, 2016 In its ambition to be the cybersecurity capital of the world, Israel is busy building a vast military-industrial security megacomplex in the … Continue reading

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Chicago born Black Hebrews leader dies at 75

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Melanie Lidman December 28, 2014 The spiritual leader of Israel’s Black Hebrews movement, Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, 75, died suddenly on Saturday, plunging the community into grief and disbelief. “It was a shock because he was so well loved … Continue reading

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