Arava
Celebrating life at Israel’s luxurious desert retreat - opinion
Six Senses Shaharut, located in the Arava desert, became the perfect setting to celebrate survival, breathe deeply again, and appreciate the rare gift of simply being here.
24 hours in the desert: How to spend a day in the great wilderness
Kibbutz Neot Semadar: Israel's desert oasis quenches thirst for tranquility, nature’s raw beauty
The Herbert Samuel Reef Hotel, Eilat: Boutique luxury in a city under fire
The Arava Film Festival opens in Israel
The Arava International Film Festival features the best of recent international and Israeli cinema, as well as classics.
Israel is about to see some meteor showers - here's where
Take advantage of the times and go watch a meteor shower. The Jerusalem Post Magazine offers a list of the best locations to camp out and see it.
In the desert, you can be a paramedic, fireman, solider and cop at once
A Jewish National Fund-USA project set up essential emergency assistance in the Arava desert.
Plague of pests: Lots of locusts swarm Israel's South - watch
Regardless of their legendary reputations and the sheer size and numbers of the current swarm, the locusts pose no danger to humans or animals whatsoever.
Vacation: Visiting Israel's Arava region
If you’d like to learn more about the region’s prosperous agricultural activity, the best place to start is at the Vidor Center.
4-year-old airlifted to hospital after crocodile bite in southern Israel
"I heard screams - I went over and his hand looked like it had been torn off," the mother said.
Employees of EAPC may be indicted for involvement in 2014 oil spill
The incident took place on December 3, 2014, during the construction of the Ramon Airport north of Eilat, which required diverting a section of the Eilat-Ashkelon oil pipeline.
Dates from time of Maccabees & Jesus are revived, bring Jewish, Arab unity
Grown at the Arava Institute with its Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian student body, the 'Methuselah' and 'Hannah' dates show the potential for renewal, like Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones.
JNF Joint Institute gets matching gift from Boston-based foundation
The funding will support the Institute’s initial research phase, demonstrating sustainable methods of food production in an arid environment.
Joint Israeli-Palestinian effort donates water generator to Gaza hospital
The third water generator donation was made on behalf of joint cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian entities, and was donated to Gaza's second largest hospital.
