Dimona

Dimona's former Netanyahu loyalists turn to Eisenkot as battle for final undecided voters heats up

In places like Dimona, Eisenkot could chip away at Likud's base, said Amotz Asa-El, a columnist for The Jerusalem Post and a political scientist at the Hartman Institute.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Negev Conference in the southern city of Dimona, southern Israel, July 17, 2026.
Eldar Dayan.

Forensics unable to determine Eldar Dayan's cause of death, suspects released from house arrest

Eldar Dayan.

Eldar Dayan's body found near Petah Tikva after three weeks of searching, police confirm

Israel Police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.

Police detain two in connection to disappearance of Dimona resident Eldar Dayan, suspect abduction


This week in 60 seconds

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

From nuclear center, Netanyahu warns those threatening to destroy Israel

Netanyahu’s words were aimed at Iran.

 From  newly named Shimon Peres Nuclear Research Center in Dimona, Netanyahu warns those threatening to destroy Israel (August 30, 2018).

Knesset rejects international nuclear oversight

Asked by Zahalka if Israel had a nuclear plant in Dimona, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said Israel made sure there would be no nuclear weapons in Iraq and Syria.

View of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev Desert outside Dimona

Is a Disneyland theme park coming to Israel?

“We are very good at many things in Israel – hi-tech, medicine – I think it is also time for us to be good at something that is fun and enjoyable."

Disney characters attend the 25th anniversary of Disneyland Paris at the park in Marne-la-Vallee, near Paris, France, March 25, 2017

January 3, 2018: Unrest in Iran

Iran, MK Ya’acov Litzman, and the rabbi from Dimona.

Letters 370

The lost and found tribe

Inside the African Hebrew Israelite community of Dimona.

MEMBERS OF the AHI community in East London, South Africa, with Dimona community leader, Minister Ahmadiel Ben Yehuda (the tallest) in the center.

Trends past and future: The Curtain Up Festival presents 11 new works

This year, the Ministry of Culture and Sport put the festival in the hands of two new artistic directors, Mate Moray and Itzik Galili.

The Curtain Up Festival presents 11 new works

The expiration date for bigotry has long passed

Whether a Mizrahi sabra, Afro-Bedouin, Ethiopian or Sudanese asylum seeker, each labors under this oppressive burden and strangling cloud of discrimination.

Soldiers from the African Hebrew Israelite community

Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Vanunu offered a move to Oslo

Moredchai Vanunu was jailed and served an 18-year sentence after discussing his work at the Dimona nuclear reactor with a British newspaper in 1986.

Israel Israel News Mordechai Vanunu

Israel nuke agency to pay 170 scientists suffering from cancer

The issue has been in dispute for over 20 years.

View of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev Desert outside Dimona