Negev

Police destroy illegal mosque and structures in Bedouin village

Large police force enters Bedouin village in southern Israel, destroying illegal structures.

Green in the desert

Watch: Police uncover large underground cannabis lab in the Negev

Police and Border Police officers uncovered a tunnel leading to an underground lab with over 600 cannabis plants worth over a million shekels.

Preliminary reading

Bill to recognize parts of Judea as the Negev

According to the 1991 Negev Law communities of southern Mount Hebron and the town of Kiryat Arba geographically fall in the legally recognized Negev, but they have been excluded from the law.

Negev village subjected to threats by nearby Bedouin tribe

Members of a Bedouin tribe have been burning tires, spraying graffiti, and hanging threatening signs near Retamim, after a member of the village security team shot and killed a tribesman who infiltrated it.

Jared Kushner:

'A Palestinian state is a super bad idea'

Former US President Donald Trump's son-in-law suggests that Gazans should be moved to the Negev in order to allow the IDF to complete its military campaign against Hamas.

Jewish wisdom during the Tragedy of War

Bitter truths from Kohelet-Ecclesiastes that was read in Synagogues on Shabbat Shemini Atzeret October 7, 2023.

First religious Moshav in the Negev celebrates 77th anniversary

Moshav Tkuma in the Sdot Negev Regional Council celebrated its birthday in the unique style of its founding fathers.

Bedouin Arabs:

Israeli government working to move illegal villages

Bedouin Arab leaders in southern Israel stress: Residents of the illegal villages oppose government policies to move their homes.

New haredi city expected to reach population of 80,000

Ministers announce: Plans for 'Tila,' a new haredi city in southern Israel, are moving forward.

19 IDF soldiers injured in Negev crash

19 soldiers and a civilian were injured, including one moderately, in an accident at the Tlamlim Junction in southern Israel.

Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir agree to NIS 250M for Negev and Galilee

Additional budget for periphery sector clears hurdle to Otzma Yehudit's support for the State budget.

Wasserlauf meets Herzog:

'He's attentive to the residents of the Negev and the Galilee'

Minister Wasserlauf and President Herzog agree to promote projects that generate change and growth in the Negev and the Galilee.

Have we forgotten our forefather Avraham?

Judaism is founded on self-sacrifice. Every morning we read about the self-sacrifice Avraham and Yitzhak manifested in the Akeida. Op-ed.

Bedouin placed under house arrest after speeding

Bedouin Arab arrested for speeding is found to be driving with suspended license.

Tragedy in Negev:

Toddler killed in traffic collision, four others injured

Collision between two vehicles also left two in serious condition, including a six-year-old boy.

Bedouin who sexually assaulted 10-year-old sentenced to 5 years

Be'er Sheva court sentences Arab who sexually assaulted 10-year-old girl to 5 years in prison. 'The judges let the criminals off lightly.'

Security forces arrest Bedouin Arabs on their way to IDF base

Border Police officers confiscate tools for breaking and entering, arrest suspects making their way to military base.

Fine rural estate, 1,200 years old, uncovered in southern Israel

'A wealthy landowner, overseeing farmsteads in the northern Negev, may have resided on the estate,' excavation directors say.

Plan to build Negev's second hospital passes next stage

After several years' delay, plan to build second hospital in Be'er Sheva passes Economic-Social Cabinet.

Bedouin place rocks on train tracks in southern Israel

In southern Israel, Bedouin Arabs block train tracks with rocks.

Defense Min.:

'Jewish Israel may be limited to the center of the country only'

In closed conversations, Defense Min. Gantz warns Israel may lose Negev and Galilee, with Jewish state limited to central Israel only.

Op-ed:

The Negev two-state summit

To block criticism of the Iran deal, Blinken’s aim at the summit was to neutralize the Israeli-Arab anti-Iran alliance.Op-ed.

'Police not capable of dealing with civilian terror'

Ruvik Danilovich, mayor of Be'er Sheva, says police are 'beaten and bruised,' not capable of dealing with civilian terror.

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Foreign ministers: 'Negev summit is the answer to terror'

Foreign ministers of US, Israel, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, & Morocco meet in Negev, decide to hold yearly summit as response to Hadera shooting.

New haredi city will be a 'poverty trap' says commentator

"The Treasury knows the costs outweigh the benefits," argues Chaim Levinson in Haaretz. "What will 100,000 haredim do in the desert?"

Govt approves new haredi city over haredi objections

Kasif to be built in the Negev, but won't be ready for years. Haredi MKs protest: "We need a solution now, not in 10 years' time."

Government to approve founding of new city and town in the Negev

Haredi city proposed in 2010 and scrapped in 2020 may receive approval next week, report says.

New plan aims to bring new tourism to Eilat and Israel's Negev

New plan will divide Israel's largest region into five areas, each with its own character; includes plans for luxury vacation spots.

Bennett: Neglect of Negev to end in our term

PM says government taking more action against crime in the Negev than ever before.

Five-year-old boy killed in Negev

Child sustained serious head injuries after falling from donkey.

Yesh Atid MK tours Negev with right-wing watchdog organization

MK Merav Ben Ari tours Negev with Regavim Dir. Gen. Meir Deustch. 'There is so much in the Negev that must be corrected'

Regavim:

'Selective enforcement is worse than no enforcement'

Regavim Movement calls on Israeli gov't to evacuate new Jewish settlement - along with all the other illegal settlements in the area.

PA organizations:

'Haifa, Jaffa and Lod are also occupied cities'

Gaza-based organizations call on Palestinian public to assist in the Bedouin uprising in the Negev.

Suspected murder near Dead Sea

Police investigate after dead man found stabbed on roadside in southern Israel, just 100 meters away from his vehicle.

Rioters hurl rocks, firebombs, at police officers

One arrested after violent riots in southern Israel.

So now the Negev also Is part of "Palestine"

Watch:No..2 of the northern Islamic movement does not bat an eyelash as he says that “the Negev is an inseparable part of Palestine.” Op-ed.

Negev riots

Attack on security guard investigated as terror attack

Israel Security Agency announces it is investigating attack on vehicle of security guard during riots in the Negev as a terrorist attack.

Bedouin Riots in the Negev: Security guard's car set on fire

Bedouin riots continue with stone-throwing and violence, purportedly in response to JNF's work planting trees in the Negev.

Yesh Atid MK:

'The planting in the Negev was unnecessary'

MK Ram Ben Barak: Many governments have neglected the Negev, and now we're seeing the result.

Thousands of Bedouin riot against tree-planting in the Negev

Over 2,000 stage protest despite compromise reached yesterday. 12 hurt in clashes with police.

Minister: Govt. did not surrender to Bedouin

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai says people on whom the coalition depends always know how to wield their power.

Mansour Abbas:

'We suffer every day in order to be in this coalition'

Ra'am chairman responds to riots in the Negev: Even if you are right - it is impossible to accept violence.

Meretz minister to Bedouin: Calm down, Elkin has no power

Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan tells Negev Bedouin they have a lot of representation in current government.

In win for Arab party, gov't suspends Negev forestation project

Forestation project in southern Israel is suspended as Israeli government promises negotiations with Bedouin on whether it can continue.

Arab MK: 'From today, I'm against this government'

MK Ghanaim, of the United Arab List, says planting trees in the Negev is 'a red line.'

Likud MK proposes: One dunam of land to each discharged soldier

'Soldier who settles in the Negev is preferable to any land-robbing Bedouin,' MK David Amsalem says.

Mansour Abbas stops voting with the coalition

Ra'am chairman ends support for coalition over JNF tree planting in the Negev.

Likud: Bennett govt. reaches new anti-Zionist lows

Likud criticizes govt. after Ra'am opposes planting of trees in the government.

Electricity Law passes in committee, Ben Gvir ejected

"This is the first ever law to legalize the theft of land," says MK Orit Strook, adding, "young settlements should get electricity too."

Shaked: Window of opportunity to regulate Bedouin settlement

Interior, Welfare Ministers visit Rahat to promote government plan to regulate Bedouin settlement in the Negev.

IDF to launch 'Red Granite' exercise

The IDF has announced the beginning of a large-scale exercise focused on defending Israel's south.

Special report: Bedouin take over in the Negev

Israel National News - Arutz Sheva traveled to Southern Israel with Regavim to witness what many call 'loss of governance in the Negev.'

1,200 police dispatched in major anti-crime operation in Negev

Weapons seized, 12 arrested in large-scale operation to combat Arab crime in the Negev.

Government approves massive investment plan for southern Israel

Israeli cabinet to spend half-a-billion shekels to encourage Israelis to move to Negev, build new hospital, build light rail train.

Government to found 3 new Bedouin towns in southern Israel

Under new plan, 70% of Bedouin Arabs living in encampments will move to one of the new towns. If they do not - the plans will be canceled.

The south rises:

Rehabilitative medicine will change the Negev narrative

We believe that rehabilitation holds the keys to bridging the social divide and finally putting the Negev on the map.

Shaked pledges to build 5 new settlements in Negev

Interior Minister meets Law and Order Forum to discuss efforts to combat lawlessness in the Negev.

Australian Jewish philanthropist Eva Besen dies at 93

Besen Family Foundation was active in funding projects in the Negev, including a high school and high tech hub.

The Negev: Israel's garbage dump

Around 3,500 tons of garbage are dumped in the Negev every single year.

Father of rape victim: 'We give the Bedouin everything'

Father of Jewish girl raped in her bed by Bedouin Arabs says it would be better to try the rapists under Sharia Law than in Israel's courts.