South

Cinema of the South Festival in Sderot to celebrate 25 years

The festival's closing ceremony will launch Negba, a new incubator for young southern filmmakers.

Guy Amir (left) and Hanan Savyon in season two of the Netflix series, Bros, which will premiere at the Cinema of the South Festival.
singletrack Yiftah.

Where life meets memory: Discovering seven southern sites of resilience, nature, and rebirth

Macro close up of a yellow fever mosquito sucking blood on skin.

Israel urges mosquito control after West Nile virus detected in South

Koch Farm – the Touch the Land initiative.

Summer returns to the Gaza Border Region with dozens of agricultural activities


Middle East's largest LGBT pride flag rolled out in Beersheba

"The huge Pride flag is a testament to our strength and power everywhere," said the chairwoman of the Agud-The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel.

Middle East's largest Pride flag in Beersheba, June, 2021

Can the incoming gov't change Israel's approach to the Negev Bedouin?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The incoming government might try a different approach, actually working with Bedouin communities and seeking to legalize some houses so that they are officially on the map.

UMM AL-HIRAN, a Bedouin village in the southern Negev.

Southern Jewish museum opens in New Orleans

The museum explores how Jews in the South influenced and were influenced by their communities in 13 states over 300 years of history.

Foundations of Judaism exhibit at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

Leket donates NIS 200,000 worth of food to Israel's southern communities

"We have a responsibility to our partners to continue to provide food to those in need."

Volunteers at Leket Israel's logistics center

KKL-JNF to set up portable bomb shelters in Israel's southern communities

These new and modern bomb shelters, which can hold at least 12 people, will offer residents in the South quick and accessible protection.

Portable bomb shelter.

Negev's sole Jewish-Arab discourse cultural center vacated by municipality

While it may seem that financial woes forced them to leave after over a decade, it actually goes back to disputes surrounding censorship with the municipality.

The Multaka-Mifgash.

Illegal Bedouin settlements need Israel's support - World Likud

Bedouin communities suffer from extraordinary high rates of unemployment, poverty, criminal activity, violence against women, and Islamic radicalization.

A YOUNG WOMAN picks through the ruins of a demolished home in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev in 2017.

Bedouin youth repair a cemetery that was vandalized in a TikTok video

"They showed us that there is another way - we can work together, to strengthen the neighborhood, to work hand in hand for a better Negev for us all."

Bedouin youth restore the cemetary in Nevatim after it was vandalized.

Hundreds of dog, sheep, goat corpses openly abandoned in South

Bodies could pose potential health hazard due to infectious disease contamination.

Stray dogs are seen eating bread in Israel's South.

Incoming deputy chief of staff treated as infiltrator at IDF base

"What do I need to do in order to enter? Do you want me to strip?" asked Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevi.

Maj.-Gen. Hertzi Halevi chosen as next Deputy Chief of Staff, November 2020.