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Mitzpe Ramon

Police at the Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon on June 26, 2026 (Israel Police)
June 26, 2026, 8:27 pm
‘Here to stay’: Hundreds at Pride parade in flashpoint southern town of Mitzpe Ramon
Opposition MKs attend sixth annual parade; children allegedly throw eggs at participant in desert community whose authorities have previously sought to block the event
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Ran and Lena Tsabari and their two young daughters escaped to Mitzpe Ramon for some relief from Iranian rocket fire on March 5, 2026.(Courtesy)
March 12, 2026, 4:16 pm
Seeking refuge from sirens and strikes, Israelis migrate south to quiet Mitzpe Ramon
Located in the middle of the vast Negev Desert, the isolated hamlet on the Ramon Crater has seen the arrival of thousands since the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran’s regime
By Jessica Steinberg
The scene of a traffic accident on February 26, 2026, in which a bus carrying IDF soldiers crashed, injuring 17 people. (Magen David Adom)
February 26, 2026, 11:21 am
At least 29, mostly IDF soldiers, injured in 2 separate bus accidents in Negev
Collision at Nevatim Junction and bus rollover near Mitzpe Ramon around the same time cause highway closures across the south
By ToI Staff
NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
October 17, 2024, 8:24 pm
From Negev to Mars: Inhayle wins startup program to shoot for NASA-led space mission
Israeli developer of air and surface disinfection tech wins grant from space accelerator program that helps place it in the Artemis program to land astronauts on the moon and Mars
By Sharon Wrobel
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An artist's impression of future human travel to Mars (Credit Photobank Kiev)
March 7, 2024, 11:47 pm
From Mitzpe Ramon to Mars: New Hub Paves Way for Israel’s Tech and Space Industry
Looking out the window at the vast Martian-like landscape surrounding Jewish National Fund-USA’s new innovation Hub, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re on Mars.
By Tania Shalom Michaelian
Flowers bloom along the Cedar Trail in the Jerusalem Forest. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 16, 2023, 5:49 pm
Israel’s total rainfall normal, despite dry start; cold promises late floral show
Ecologist recommends hitting southern deserts for a colorful display in mid-May, with rainfall there three times last year’s quantity
By Sue Surkes
A proposed site for an amphitheater in the Negev's Ramon Crater, next to the Selina firm's glamping site. (Courtesy, Lev Hamidbar)
October 25, 2022, 9:59 am
Plan for amphitheater in Ramon Crater stalled as nobody bids for tender
Council says economic viability of Negev Desert project — opposed by nature authority, ministries and green groups — is impacted by tender’s nature protection demands
By Omer Sharvit and Sue Surkes
File: A meteor shower seen in the clear skies above the Ramon Crater in southern Israel. (Yaniv Cohen, INPA)
October 6, 2022, 4:28 pm
Scientists: Planned concert facility bad for Ramon crater’s wildlife, view of stars
Environmental protection minister and parks authority head urge freezing of amphitheater project in southern Israel’s Ramon crater nature reserve
By Sue Surkes
A proposed site for an amphitheater in the Negev's Ramon Crater, next to the Selina firm's glamping site. (Courtesy, Lev Hamidbar)
September 14, 2022, 8:56 pm
Desert council again seeking to build amphitheater in Ramon Crater
Mitzpe Ramon Council issues new tender for project in popular stargazing area, despite past opposition from green groups, nature authority and ministries
By Omer Sharvit and Sue Surkes
A Nubian ibex filmed in a room at the Bereshit Hotel in Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel. (Lior Neuderfer/Facebook)
July 4, 2022, 8:04 pm
An ibex walks into a hotel room…
‘What do we do?’ guests ask after encountering the wild animal in their luxury Mitzpe Ramon room
By ToI Staff
Participants in Mitzpe Ramon's first LGBT pride march, July 2, 2021 (Flash90)
June 29, 2022, 6:56 pm
Police back down from plans to reroute Mitzpe Ramon pride parade to avoid yeshiva
High Court Justice Daphne Barak Erez tells police to ‘do their homework’ before making similar calls; activist groups celebrate win ahead of Friday’s LGBT parade
By ToI Staff
Marchers in last year's Mitzpe Ramon LGBT pride march, July 2, 2021. (Flash90)
June 27, 2022, 12:49 pm
Anger as Mitzpe Ramon LGBT march sidelined and counter-protest okayed on its route
Organizers file High Court petition, denounce alleged threats from local yeshiva, after police reroute pride parade to city’s outskirts due concerns of public disorder
By ToI Staff
One of the dead ibexes found in the southern town of Mitzpe Ramon on June 11, 2022, in a suspected poisoning incident. (Yedidia Shmuel, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 12, 2022, 10:17 am
Four ibexes die in suspected poisoning in southern Israel
Dead animals found in Mitzpe Ramon, in blow to endangered population of around 1,500; nature authorities to perform autopsies
By Sue Surkes
Pouring a Nana Estate Winery rose while looking out toward the unlikely desert terroir of this Negev vineyard. (Courtesy: Nana Winery)
May 21, 2022, 10:29 am
In the Negev, a new breed of vintners are making the desert bloom
With the arid terroir producing a wine that’s ‘fruity but not jammy,’ the vineyards of the Negev are banding together in hopes of being recognized as a formal appellation
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Bedouin boys ride on a donkey near Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, August 2009. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
February 21, 2022, 11:23 pm
Child’s death caused by runaway car, not donkey, say police
Death of a 5-year-old Bedouin boy near Mitzpe Ramon was originally attributed to a donkey, but cops later discovered otherwise
By ToI Staff
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