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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


Animal rights org. calls on Israel's gov't to tackle stray dog crisis

SPCA Israel has put together a petition demanding the government budget a 5-year plan in cooperation with animal welfare groups and the Agriculture, Environmental Protection and Finance ministries.

Dogs are seen eating food from volunteers in a landfill in Arad.

New program to combat health disparity in the South announced

The program, called "Ilanot," was announced by Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, and involves training doctors to fix the disparity between the South and the Center.

The "Negev at the Center" Conference held on the Marcus Family Campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on Tuesday.

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.