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Negev Desert

David Pinto of Pinto Winery, on May 24, 2026 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 20, 2026, 8:24 pm
Celebrating new appellation, Negev winemakers uncork plans to take their bottles global
Showing that perseverance and grit pay off, desert wineries Yatir, Pinto and Carmey Avdat cheer international designation as they look to extend footprint
By Jessica Steinberg
The vineyards of the Ramat Negev Winery are part of the new Negev wine appellation, as of April 2026.(Nira Tzadok)
May 13, 2026, 4:18 pm
Negev desert wins recognition as unique international wine region
The region, stretching from Kiryat Gat to Eilat and home to some 60 winemakers, receives a terroir appellation after showing that the wines have their own identifiable profile
By Jessica Steinberg
View of the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's oil terminal in the southern city of Eilat, January 14, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 13, 2026, 10:32 am
State bodies, NGOs up in arms over oil company’s plan to move into fiber optics
Opponents say law limits Europe Asia Pipeline Company to transporting, storing crude oil; EAPC insists project will make Israel a regional communications hub
By Sue Surkes
A home damaged by a missile fragment in Tel Arad, March 24, 2026 (Jihad Amor)
March 24, 2026, 7:03 pm
3 injured as fragments of Iranian missile fall in unrecognized Bedouin village
Soroka Hospital doctor said seriously wounded, his wife and 2-month-old baby lightly hurt; most community members lack bomb shelters
By Emanuel Fabian and Ariela Karmel
A 1,400-year-old church featuring colorful mosaic floors has been discovered in the Nitzana National Park in the Negev, in a discovery announced on March 16, 2026. (Nitzana Delegation/Ben-Gurion University)
March 17, 2026, 2:58 am
On the trail of Lawrence of Arabia: 1,400-year-old church found in the Negev
Mosaic-decorated church uncovered at Nitzana National Park sheds light on the scene among pilgrims traveling through the Holy Land to Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt
By Rossella Tercatin
One of the images in 'Jamila's Loop,' an animated short that premiered November 2025 in Cinema South Sderot (Courtesy)
November 16, 2025, 12:35 pm
Animated film short offers glimpse of stateless Bedouin teen’s life
Producers say they hope ‘Jamila’s Loop’ sheds light on the predicament of many Bedouin who lack access to basic rights due to their legal status
By Jessica Steinberg
Beersheba's so-called DNA bridge at the Gav Yam high-tech park, August 7, 2025 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
August 29, 2025, 7:13 am
With growing tech and IDF campus on its way, Beersheba readies for a ‘golden age’
Low housing prices, new infrastructure, and an influx of soldiers promise change — but deep social and planning challenges remain
By Zev Stub
The winding road leading up to Makhtesh Ramon, a crater in southern Israel, February 26, 2023. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
July 21, 2025, 8:46 am
Plan for vast solar field riles critics seeking to preserve Negev’s open vistas
Israel Land Authority proposes using extant infrastructure near Ramon Crater to help meet goal of 30% renewable power by 2030, but some warn of project’s wide potential impacts
By Sue Surkes
The stories of those who hid in a dumpster and were ultimately murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2025, photographed on March 25, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
April 13, 2025, 12:18 pm
Telling victims’ stories, artist turns Nova’s killing fields into a healing memorial
Teaming up with victims’ families and KKL-JNF, Amir Chodorov is working around the clock to commemorate the lives of each of the hundreds of people slaughtered there on October 7
By Sue Surkes
Archaeologists discovered a 1200-year-old clay jug depicting camels at Yatir Forest in the Negev. (Emil Aladejm, Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 27, 2025, 1:19 pm
Archaeologists in Negev unearth 1,200-year-old jug decorated with camels
Artifact daubed with red pattern and trio of animals, considered advanced for its time, discovered near olive press in Yatir Forest
By Rossella Tercatin
An Israeli analog astronaut in a simulated spacesuit exits the Mars habitat in the Ramon Crater in the Negev on October 31, 2021. (Amy Spiro)
January 30, 2025, 5:48 pm
After US pledges a Mars landing, Israeli deep space venture hitches wagon to Trump’s star
Creation-Space launches accelerator to invest in young startups tailoring tech solutions toward a sustainable human presence on the Red Planet and improving life on Earth
By Sharon Wrobel
The off-grid technology hub at the Alfoura School in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
December 16, 2024, 10:00 am
Pioneering Bedouin school models sustainable, solar-powered living
First-of-its-kind project, which engages pupils in tech research, stars at confab on solar energy for Bedouin, where planners also announce green light for three new solar fields
By Sue Surkes
Members of Israel's Bedouin community take part in the country's first legal camel race in the Negev desert, near Kibbutz Tlalim, on November 1, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
November 1, 2024, 7:22 pm
First legal camel race held in Israel with thousands of spectators
Bedouin host says Negev event is symbol for coexistence with Jewish communities: ‘We are here together, and we will stay together and we will live here together, in peace’
By ToI Staff
Bedouin volunteers paint a concrete rocket shelter installed the day before in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Khiran, southern Israel, on December 7, 2023. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2023, 1:10 pm
Unrecognized Bedouin village gets its first-ever rocket shelter, as war rages
Umm al-Hiran, like many vulnerable Negev communities, lacks infrastructure – including critical protection from missiles – and is at risk of displacement
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A lizard perches on a rock in the newly declared Ramat Mazar Nature Reserve in the Negev Desert, southern Israel. (Arieh Rosenberg, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
October 2, 2023, 11:40 pm
Planners green-light new nature reserve in Negev Desert
Ramat Mazar is home to several species that are unique to Israel, among them the Nubian ibex, dorcas gazelle, desert tawny owl and Blanford’s fox
By Sue Surkes
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