Negev News

February 2010

Negev tortoise gets UN attention amid extinction threat (Feb. 10, 2010)

Arava Power to “Electrify” the Negev Desert (Feb. 9, 2010)

October 2009

String along (Oct. 29, 2009)

August 2009

Negev 'summer school' brings cultures closer (August 10, 2009)

June 2009

World's first ever 'self-watering' plant discovered in Israel (June 30, 2009)

BGU'S Desert Research Institutes to receive Cleantech 2009 Environmenal Excellence Award (June 29, 2009)

Recycling a depressed city (June 28, 2009)

May 2009

Arad takes a personal approach to promote itself as 'recycling city' (May 16, 2009)

Yeruham, the boomtown of the South (May 14, 2009)

Nitzana’s An Ecological Village That Practices What It Preaches (May 12, 2009)

Something's brewing down south (May 7, 2009)

Oldest patch of ground on earth discovered in Israel (May 6, 2009)

April 2009

Cricket breaks down Israel boundaries (April 26, 2009)

March 2009

(March 10) Business Scene

(March 05) BGU Researchers Develop New "Green Window" Technology

(March 03) Tires with a little piece of the Negev

February 2009

(Feb 21) 'Gateway' center aims to help the Negev bloom again

December 2008

Special Events in Ramat Negev (Dec 14, 2008)

November 2008

A solar revolution dawns in the desert (Nov 4, 2008)

Why concentrating on the sun promises a bright future (Nov 3, 2008)

BGU shields its eyes and stares into the solar future (Nov 2, 2008)

October 2008

The Solar Vote (Oct 30, 2008)

New town for IDF bases is great hope of Negev, Beer Sheva (Oct 22, 2008)

September 28, 2008

Israel From Cliff Top to Desert Bottom (Sept 28, 2008)

Outstanding Events in Ramat Negev (Sept 22, 2008)

August 2008

Israel's first solar power station up and running in Negev (Aug 28, 2008)

IAF flies fleet to new Negev air base - now the largest in ME (Aug 25, 2008)

Worst Drought in History Means -- Innovation (Aug 21, 2008)

The last sand dune (Aug 12, 2008)

US College Students Give to and Learn About Negev Towns (Aug 12, 2008)

The road to the Prime Minister's Office runs through the Negev (Aug 12, 2008)

Ramat Negev to offer discounts for solar power users (Aug 6, 2008)

Negev to get alternative-energy center (Aug 5, 2008)

July 2008

Blooming Deserts Turn Israeli Water Industry Into Money Magnet (July 30, 2008)

Infrastructures Ministry to launch alternative energy center (July 23, 2008)

Student program’s exit deals new blow to Arad (July 10, 2008)

Schoolboy designs fluorescent camel vest to prevent road deaths (July 10, 2008)

The Myth Of Water (July 7-14, 2008)

Secret potential of plants may replace harmful pesticides (July 6, 2008)

June 2008

First myrrh, then merlot (June 14, 2008)

New Negev research center to test solar technology (June 12, 2008)

May 2008

Keeping the Negev alive (May 27, 2008)

Israel’s Big Green Future (May 5, 2008)

March 2008

Spring break spent in service in Negev region (March 28, 2008)

Birding and Solar Power in Israel’s Eilot Region (March 27, 2008)

Hand Weaving Into Modernity (March 26, 2008)

Orienteering with Jewish & Arab CIT's in the Gilboa (March 24, 2008)

Drying off around the world (March 23, 2008)

Homemade beer from Israeli back yards (March 18, 2008)

Israeli water companies shoot for world market (March 18, 2008)

ADL Fosters Meeting Between Bedouin and Jewish Pupils in Negev (March 13, 2008)

February 2008

Making the desert profit (Feb 21, 2008)

The King of Siam in the Negev and beyond (Feb 18, 2008)

Israeli researchers close in on drought-resistant crops (Feb 11, 2008)

Israel to hold tender for solar energy plants (Feb 10, 2008)

Israelis Encouraged to Move to Negev Desert (Feb 8, 2008)

A celebration of blossoming anemones in the Negev (Feb 2, 2008)

Israel Trip to Further Ag Technology/Collaboration with Ohio (Feb 1, 2008)

January 2008

In Negev Town Buffeted By Rocket Fire, Wireless Networks Flourish (Jan 30, 2008)

Giant solar plants in Negev could power Israel's future (Jan 25, 2008)

A life's journey (Jan 22, 2008)

A poor farmer's $15 million gift (Jan 20, 2008)

November 2007

Desert devotees (Nov. 26, 2007)

'By 2020, fuel oil and diesel won't be used in Israel' (Nov. 26, 2007)

Building a nano-future in the Negev (November 20, 2007)

Web site up on planned Negev IDF base town (Nov. 19, 2007)

October 2007

Mounting up to honour those who fought and died (Oct. 27, 2007)

Yeruham calls elections overrated (Oct. 27, 2007)

Ben-Gurion, a university afloat in its home city (Oct. 25, 2007)

Darfur refugees to settle in Negev (Oct. 11, 20070

September 2007

The broad spectrum of Israeli melody (September 17, 2007)

Israeli idealists look to the Negev as the last frontier (September 16, 2007)

Archeology: Serendipity in the Negev (Sept. 11, 2007)

World Trade Center's chief engineer to build solar houses in the Negev (Sept. 11, 2007)

Negev: Car strikes camel, driver killed (Sept. 11, 2007)

Southern development towns: Failed mayors or an overly strict ministry? (Sept. 5, 2007)

Beduin R&D center opens in Negev (Sept. 4, 2007)

August 2007

Nobody's suburb (August 30, 2007)

PM gives green light to 7 new Negev communities (August 28, 2007)

MKs to initiate bill to evacuate area near Negev industrial zone (August 22,2007)

The Negev once flourished (August 19, 2007)

Negev residents outraged by gov't budget cut (August 7, 2007)

Sde Boker makes solar energy viable (August 7, 2007)

Beautiful keys in the Negev (August 2, 2007)

July 2007

An Israeli inventor with his head in the clouds and his feet on the ground (July 5, 2007)

Turtles start a new life in the dumps (July 5, 2007)

The olim who will save the kibbutz (July 4, 2007)

A Bedouin welcome (July 4, 2007)

A river of waste flows into the reservoir (July 3, 2007)

June 2007

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reaches out to Bedouin women (June 29, 2007)

Marines to train at new Israeli combat center (June 25, 2007)

The Lakiya Negev Weaving Project (June 22, 2007)

Ben-Gurion inspires me, says Peres (June 14, 2007)

May 2007

Educational Oasis In The Negev (May 31, 2007)

Negev resident traps leopard who crept into his home (May 29, 2007)

Israel's Doctor Dolittle of the camel world (May 23, 2007)

New Tool to Prevent Soil and Ground Water Pollution (May 14, 2007)

East of the border, West of the sun (May 3, 2007)

April 2007

International scientists learn how Israel combats desertification with forestry (April 29, 2007)

Stitching together a better life for Israel's Bedouin (April 29, 2007)

Negev 'laboratory' offers hope in battle against desertification (April 27, 2007)

Best way to brand the Negev? Don't mention it (April 7, 2007)

The flowering Negev (April 7, 2007)

A rose is just a rose, except when it's from Israel (April 1, 2007)

March 2007

This Desert Flower: Israel's Negev Desert (March 29, 2007)

Cabinet to okay construction of army town (March 29, 2007)

A visit to Israel cements ties between students, Israeli peers (March 16, 2007)

Israel celebrates 8 new World Heritage Sites (March 11, 2007)

Watchung farmer’s legacy will help Negev developments bloom (March 8, 2007)

State to move archives to Arad as part of Negev development plan (March 7, 2007)

Indie with Negev roots (March 5, 2007)

February 2007

Israel's Bedouin women turn desert plants into skin remedies (Feb. 25, 2007)

A visit to Negev's Habesor region (Feb. 21, 2007)

Southern observations, late winter - Jan-Feb 2007 (Feb. 20, 2007)

Saban gives $14m. to Soroka hospital (Feb. 18, 2007)

Dimona forges alliance with Kibbutz Movement (Feb. 14, 2007)

December 2006

Conference Tackles Negev Desertification (Dec. 29, 2006)

Survey: 1 in 5 Israelis willing to move to Negev (Dec. 4, 2006)

$9.3m for technology park next to Ben-Gurion University (Dec. 1, 2006)

November 2006

Negev Reveals Desert Secrets to International Experts (Nov. 23, 2006)

Desertification Conference Draws Calls for Resourcefulness (Nov. 20, 2006)

Film lovers find a festival oasis in the Negev (Nov. 9, 2006)

Celebrating the pioneers who developed the Negev (Nov. 4, 2006)

Uniting over the environment (Nov. 3, 2006)

Riding elephants in the Negev (Nov. 3, 2006)

Combating desertification (Nov. 2, 2006)

October 2006

A true Japanese experience in the Negev (Oct. 23, 2006)

Israel produces 'ambassadors' of the environment (Oct. 15, 2006)

Getting to know the Beduin (Oct. 15, 2006)

Cmehin: Leave the kids at home (Oct. 10, 2006)

September 2006

Seeing the future of Israel…in the Negev (Sept. 27, 2006)

Israel on the Dnieper (Sept. 22, 2006)

August 2006

Students to bring higher education to Dimona (Aug. 28, 2006)

Northern Negev: The choice is yours (Aug. 23, 2006)

What the stalk brought (Aug. 18, 2006)

Medical Students Pursue their Dream in Beersheva (Aug. 13, 2006)

Israeli technology derives bio-fuel from algae (Aug. 13, 2006)

Pianists play on (Aug. 3, 2006)

JNF Canada attends world summit for ‘Vision Negev’ (Aug. 1, 2006)

July 2006

Divshon, Corner of Ben-Gurion (July 26, 2006)

Agrexco offers ocean taste with salty Orache (July 23, 2006)

Israeli rainmakers eyed (July 20, 2006)

Solar World: School is in session (July 20, 2006)

How not to develop the Negev (July 19, 2006)

Negev veg exports on the rise (July 18, 2006)

Outward bound (July 13, 2006)

Mack Ness loan fund sweetens prospects of besieged Sderot (July 13, 2006)

Mitzpe Ramon wants to host Guggenheim Museum East (July 6, 2006)

June 2006

Work expected to start soon on Negev solar power station (June 25, 2006)

Fundraiser helps green Negev Desert (June 10, 2006)

Student pioneers in the Negev, Galilee point way for resettlement (June 7, 2006)

Solar power station to be built in Negev (June 7, 2006)

May 2006

Ness opens Negev Center (May 30, 2006)

Nat’l Planning Council rejects 20 Negev farms (May 14, 2006)

State approves plan to establish 30 isolated farms across the Negev (May 9, 2006)

New town for rich US immigrants (May 2, 2006)

From Commemoration to Celebration: Honor Israel’s 58th (May 1, 2006)

Torch-lighters represent development of the Negev and Galilee (May 1, 2006)

Gov't to enlarge Negev communities (May 1, 2006)

April 2006

Israeli professor envisions a bright future (April 30, 2006)

Milking the ship of the desert for 'white gold' (April 30, 2006)

To grow tomatoes in sand is amazing, say visiting farmers (April 14, 2006)

March 2006

Farmers tap Israel for tips to help Ohio fields - March 5, 2006

Solel to build 150 MW solar power plant in Negev - March 2, 2006

Solar Energy Lights Up A Negev Village - March 2006

February 2006

Tara dairy plans to move south - Feb. 16, 2006

January 2006

Dalai Lama to visit Ben Gurion's grave in the Negev (Jan. 15, 2006)

Big business takes on the Negev (Jan. 12, 2006)

Program tries to sell Israeli youth on the Negev (Jan. 4, 2006)

The Light Opera Group of the Negev (Jan. 2, 2006)

December 2005

Inauguration of Ambassadors Forest in the Negev (Dec. 28, 2005)

Sharon commemorates Ben-Gurion (Dec. 7, 2005)

November 2005

This Spring Break Fall In Love...With The Negev (Nov. 30, 2005)

NIS 17b Negev 2015 development plan unveiled (Nov. 16, 2005)

From Gaza to Negev - a firsthand report (Nov. 14, 2005)

Negev Dinner honours mega-developers (Nov. 10, 2005)

U.S. businessman in Negev venture (Nov. 9, 2005)

October 2005

The desert town that boasts a lavish crop of chess talent (Oct. 29, 2005)

Sin of waste / Municipal garbage that's out of sight, out of mind (Oct. 12, 2005)

Southern observations (birdwatching) – Mid October 2005

Can a 'Jewish Princess' survive the Israeli desert? (Oct. 6, 2005)

Ohio farmers, researchers boost agricultural ties with Israel (Oct. 3, 2005)

September 2005

Reservoir to help farmers, Gaza evacuees in Negev (Sept. 28, 2005)

A vision of the Negev (Sept. 18, 2005)

KKL-JNF Main Activist in New Impetus For Negev Development (Sept. 15, 2005)

August 2005

Bezeq tests WiMAX in Negev (August 29, 2005)

Ashkelon desalination plant producing 3,500 cu.m. of water per hour (Aug. 24, 2005)

Kibbutzim and the city (August 21, 2005)

Camp in Negev demystifies English for Bedouin pupils (August 12, 2005)

US Congress delegation in Israel to study $2.1b aid package (August 11, 2005)

Manufacturers promoting transfer of 60 factories to Negev (August 11, 2005)

Negev airbase takes the houbara under its wings (August 8, 2005)

Desert lover lives the quiet (August 2, 2005)

July 2005

Brilliance on the periphery (July 27, 2005)

Unesco names seven new world heritage sites in Israel (July 26, 2005)

Montreal philanthropist contributes to Negev auditorium (July 25, 2005)

Student Oasis on the Rise (July 22, 2005)

The Final Frontier (July 22, 2005)

A Rocky Mountain high for Israeli rescue unit (July 17, 2005)

An experiment turned extraordinary (July 11, 2005)

May 2005

New Ma'agan center supports Negev cancer patients (May 30, 2005)

April 2005

Ben-Gurion's dreams (April 21, 2005)

Teva invests NIS 22m in R&D center at Teva-Tech plant in the Negev (April 20, 2005)

'Love apple' grows up (April 17, 2005)

Ostriches to run wild in Negev (April 17, 2005)

Bush promises support for Negev, Galilee development (April 12, 2005)

A morning-after vision - Editorial (April 7, 2005)

Earliest evidence of domestic herding in the Negev Desert revealed (April 6, 2005)

Peres: We’ll invest NIS 7b in Negev in 3 years (April 5, 2005)

March 2005

"Hitler" sprayed on Ben-Gurion grave (March 30, 2005)

The new Negev desert (March 26, 2005)

February 2005

Eitan Wertheimer, US partner found Negev investment co (Feb. 16, 2005)

A New Language Arises, and Scientists Watch It Evolve (Feb 1, 2005)

2004

New Frontiers (April 23, 2004)

Midreshet Sde Boker