Arava
More trails, more damage? Why marking additional hiking routes in Israel should be avoided
A new study examined what happens to wildlife when new hiking trails are opened in previously inaccessible areas, finding that certain species move away from the paths or alter their activity hours.
Grateful Dead Gathering brings mini-Woodstock to Arava oasis for three-day festival
IDF officer moderately injured in friendly fire accident at military engineering school
12 years after the oil spill: What is happening in the Avrona Nature Reserve now?
One dead, five in custody after gas station thieves' getaway car flips in police chase
The thieves attempted to steal a gas station safe in Dimona on Monday night, after robbing another gas station on Highway 90 in the Arava earlier that night.
Movie premieres under the stars at Arava film festival
The 14th Arava International Film Festival will run November 12-22, offering Israeli premieres of several distinctive films.
On This Day: Israel, Jordan sign 1994 peace treaty, ending forty-six years of war
Following Egypt in 1979, Jordan was the second Arab country in the Middle East to sign a peace treaty with Israel.
A kibbutz in the south joins the list of the best tourism villages in the world
The ecological and cooperative Kibbutz Neot Semadar was selected from among 270 nominations for the UN Tourism organization’s Best Tourism Villages list.
Arava International Film Festival unveils 2025 program
The diverse program for the November festival includes 30 films.
Historic Day: Hashomer Hachadash Launches New Initiative in the Arava
Yoel Zilberman, CEO and Founder of Hashomer Hachadash, “This is an emotional and historic day - a day when we plant a Nahal nucleus in the Arava"
Climate in crisis: Meet the Bedouin hub leading the field on climate resilience
The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast: Season 2, Episode 46
We stayed in the new Star Balcony suite in the desert
The cancellations for vacations at cabins at the start of the war didn’t deter Yair Lederman of Zman Arava in Tzukim. Instead of laying off his employees, he expanded and built his dream suite.
Houthis claim attack on Tel Aviv area after IAF intercepts drone from the east
Residents in the Gaza Envelope claimed to have spotted an aircraft cruising at low altitude on its way to the center.
Arava Film Festival: World cinema in the Negev
The festival will bring award-winning films and restored classics to an open-air setting at the stunning Ashush Natural Reserve.
