Deserts in israel

Knowing the Land of Israel part 2: Be’er Milka

Thousands of years ago, this strange place was known as Kadesh Barnea, and was considered the southernmost boundary of the Land of Israel.

 THE DUNES around Be’er Milka.
 INNOVATION EXPERTS visit Kibbutz Magen, near the Gaza Strip. (20/4/2024)

Crisis as a catalyst, will Oct. 7 reshape the Israeli tech ecosystem? - opinion

 Lantern tour of Moa

Tour Israel: Visit the Negev's Desert Nights Music Festival

 ENJOYING THE view at the Ramon Crater.

Negev’s ‘Desert Nights’ festival to kick off in August


Israeli 'DeserTech' to be model for environmental cooperation in Mideast

The program encourages entrepreneurism and innovation around solving four of the most significant challenges of the desert.

 Ministers discuss "Great Green Wall" initiative at meeting in New York, July 20, 2023.

American dead hiker’s family won NIS 2.7 m., but did the Israeli court really dig in?

The court said it dismissed disputed aspects of the students’ narratives since there was no way to reconcile contradictions, they had clearly influenced each other, and because of inconsistencies.

MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Desertification Day: How Israel could help solve the desertification crisis

"There is hope," said Nicole Hod-Stroh. "Israel's Negev is leading this hope and should be a source of national pride."

In the Negev Desert, Israeli innovation offers the world ways to build resilient crops, water technologies, clean energy and other tools. Shown here, a solar energy field.

Archaeologists find architecture plans for mystery desert mega structures - study

Archaeologists found ancient engravings in Saudi Arabia and Jordan that seem to be architectural plans to construct mega-structures called desert kites, which were used for hunting.

 Landscape of Saudi Arabia where the engravings have been found.

Israel made the desert bloom – this is fact, not racism - opinion

Contrary to what anti-Israel figures try to say, the Jewish people transformed this region in the Middle East into a prosperous country.

 ‘YOU HAVE literally made the desert bloom,’ declared European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Air conditioning system in PM Ben-Gurion's Sde Boker home restored

Teams of retired technicians came back for a special project: restoring a long-retired air conditioning unit in the former home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.

 Tadiran air conditioner technicians Yehuda Amergi and Moshe Schwartz

How did the Arava become the 'Silicon Valley' of Israeli agriculture?

Welcome to “the Silicon Valley” of Israeli agriculture. The JNF’s catchy slogan is “The Arava is where fertile minds meet barren soil.” 

 Experimental station for growing strawberries in the desert

Grazing animals on desert land can help the environment - Israeli study

Grazing affects many ecosystems, especially in light of climate change and increasing human activity.

 Sheep grazing in Patagonia, Argentina.

Light pollution is killing desert rodents - study

The rodents that have been dying like flies are the diurnal golden spiny mouse, and the nocturnal common spiny mouse.

A mouse, illustrative image.

Coin from Bar Kochba revolt found in Judean Desert

Archaeologists also found a fabric with a light blue thread that may have been part of an ancient tallit in the dig.

A coin from the Bar Kochba revolt found during an archaeological dig in Murabba'at caves in the Nahal Darga Reserve in the Judean Desert.

Two Israelis save injured camel in trunk of their car

On the way near Nahal Chaver, Chagai Tal and his friend Shachar found a group of Bedouins spreading out a blanket for a wounded camel that was apparently hurt in a rock slide.

 Men lead a recently-purchased camel by a car, ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Peshawar, Pakistan August 27, 2017.