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15 kilometers of the spirit of heroism: A new bike singletrack in the heights of Pitchat Nitzana

A new bike singletrack in Ramat HaNegev, inaugurated in memory of the late Yiftach Gorny. A 15 km circular route with flowing riding, scenic viewpoints, and stories of regional heroism.

Yiftach Singletrack – Named after Yiftach Gurni.
NEW APARTMENTS are under construction in Katzrin this month. The importance of developing our periphery – the Galilee, the Golan, and the Negev – is increasingly evident, the writer maintains.

Developing Israel’s periphery is vital for economy, aliyah - opinion

Inauguration of Israir Call Center in Sderot.

Not leaving Sderot: Israir strengthens the south

Sha'ar HaNegev to Receive 95 Million NIS Innovation Center as Part of Broader Regional Development Plan

Gaza border communities to undergo NIS 326m. development project


IDF Shoval drone crashes in southern Israel

No injuries were caused in the incident. Israeli forces arrived at the scene to retrieve the crashed vessel.

 An Israel Aero Space Industries (IAI) Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flies over the airbase in the central Swiss town of Emmen September 20, 2012.

IDF program to launch teens from the periphery into the high-tech world

The program operates on a wide scale in most localities of the South, and is creating a real revolution in the accessibility of advanced software and cyber studies in the periphery.

 A year-opening event was held in honor of 550 trainees of the "Nitzanim" program and their parents this week, led by the IDF Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi.

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in South Carolina after Florida destruction

Though many impacted have dealt with hurricanes their entire lives, Hurricane Ian comes with new territory even the most seasoned storm-watchers cannot comprehend.

A partially submerged car and home are shown after Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage and flooding in Kissimmee, Florida, US, September 29, 2022.

Bedouin 'warlords,' 'gangs' rule over Jews in Israel's South - opinion

The government of Israel is a weak and subservient actor in the face of wealthy and violent Bedouin clans and well-entrenched mafia-style gangs.

 REGAVIM CEO Meir Deutsch briefs a Kohelet Forum study tour this week, in the Bedouin town of Lakia in the Negev.

WATCH: Police find 11 sheep hiding in Israeli man's car in South

The sheep were found after police received a report of a 'careless' driver on Road 241 in Israel's South.

A Palestinian man looks at sheep carried in a truck at a livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis in Nablus in the West Bank July 27, 2020

Construction begins on massive IDF base in Israel’s Negev

Announced in 2018 by then-defense minister Avigdor Liberman, the base will span over 450,000 square meters and host 12,000 soldiers and permanent personnel.

 Construction begins at Kiryat Hamodi'im, Israel's IDF base in the Negev.

Israel's periphery communities at greatest building collapse, housing danger - opinion

The concept that what is good for the Center is also good for the periphery is fundamentally incorrect.

 DEMONSTRATORS SET UP tents across from the Knesset, to protest soaring housing prices, last week. One of the signs reads: ‘We all deserve a home.’

Israel's war on smuggling: Bringing order to the Wild South

The Magen Hanegev operation cracks down on drug and weapon smuggling, confiscating tons of drugs before they hit Israeli streets.

 ISRAEL POLICE officer examines drugs confiscated from a smuggling attempt.

'Would you close Tel Aviv?' Southern Israel residents lash out at gov't

Shlomi Elkayam, the owner of a toy store in Sderot, spoke with Nissim Mashal and Guy Peleg on 103FM, describing the feeling of the public in the city on Thursday.

 Israeli soldiers block roads near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2022.

Powerful explosive device disarmed in southern Israel restaurant

A powerful explosive was planted at the southern "Ratatouille" restaurant, the owner of which entangled with the south's largest criminal organization.

Police car at night