Israel’s success in the Negev debunks the myth of a hopeless desert and replaces it with a message of possibility. When ...

NEGEV DESERT, Israel — A group of Utah Mormon Republican lawmakers walk into a Jewish socialist kibbutz in the middle of the desert. It’s not a joke. This article is published through the Great Salt ...

The ultimate use of atomic energy to convert sea water into fresh water to be used for irrigation of huge areas of the Negev was predicted today by former Premier David Ben Gurion in an interview he ...

An ordinance which may prevent Jews from irrigating the Negev was promulgated today by the Palestine Government. The ordinance gives the High Commissioner the right to assume control over underground ...

More than 3,400 years ago, God told Joshua to lead the Hebrew people across the Jordan River into the Promised Land that is now Israel. If they worked hard and followed his commandments, it would ...

With nearly year-round sunshine and little rain in Israel's Negev desert, David Pinto has adopted a micro-irrigation system at his vineyard — MENAHEM KAHANA In Israel's Negev desert, winemakers are ...

MAKING the desert bloom is again a preoccupation instead of’ a cliché in Middle East countries. Arnold Toynbee, traveling through the states of the Fertile Crescent five years ago, wrote of a coming ...

The Rifman Institute for the Development of the Negev was established about four years ago by Bedouins and Jews in memory of Shmulik Rifman z”l, one of the Negev’s prominent leaders. The Institute has ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. More than 1,500 years ago, an ancient Arab people built a Christian ...

Dr. Yuval Kay, director of vegetable research at the Ramat HaNegev Research and Development Center in Israel, shows the innovative way strawberries are grown in harsh desert conditions to Washington ...

Negev Desert, Israel • A group of Utah Mormon Republican lawmakers walk into a Jewish socialist kibbutz in the middle of the desert. It’s not a joke. A delegation of Utah water officials, state ...