Arava

IDF officer moderately injured in friendly fire accident at military engineering school

The officer was evacuated to receive medical attention at the hospital, and his family was notified.

Soldiers from the IDF's 7th Armored Brigade operating in the Gaza Strip, January 14, 2026; illustrative.
Alongside its toxicity, the oil created a hard, impermeable layer on the ground. The Avrona oil spill disaster.

12 years after the oil spill: What is happening in the Avrona Nature Reserve now?

Built using eco-friendly methods. The hotel’s old rooms that should be renovated

Half an hour from Eilat, but light-years away: We found wonderful sanity in the desert

Six Senses Shaharut.

Six Senses Shaharut offers Tu B’Av experience blending cuisine, art, and desert


Two new Negev towns approved to be built

The Ministry of Construction and Housing has tried to push for additional new communities in the south, but these were not approved by the committee on principle planning matters and were dismissed.

The Negev desert

Israeli agriculture on its way to China

Chinese farmers will gain Israeli agriculture know-how thanks to a new agreement signed today, the first day of the Agritech 2018 exhibition.

A WOMAN walks in a yard where tea leaves are dried at a tea company in Dening, Fujian Province, China, in 2016

Israeli water expert on S. Africa crisis: 'Manage water as stock'

Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ has been moved to June 1.

People queue to collect water from a spring in the Newlands suburb as fears over the city's water crisis grow in Cape Town, South Africa

AN OASIS OF HOPE

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies celebrates its 20th anniversary with a gala ceremony in Tel Aviv.

MC Keren Mor, Achinoam Nini, David Lehrer and Ambassador Daniel Shek.

Israel's own 'Mr. Arava'

Bob Levine tours the region he helped nurture on his 98th trip to Israel.

Bob "Mr. Arava" Levine

Living on the edge of a dream – in Mitzpe Ramon

Last year Mitzpe turned 60, and the exhibition curated by Guy Raz chronicles the town’s evolution from a small bunch of hardy and, quite possibly, utopian- minded pioneers to a bona fide town.

‘Betonadot’ (concrete barricades), which served as residential quarters, prior to plaster and paint work, 1962

SPNI co-founder Amotz Zahavi dies at 89

In addition to his roles as a prominent zoologist and evolutionary biologist at Tel Aviv University, Zahavi was among the founders of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

The funeral of Amotz Zahavi.

‘The best ambassadors of Israel you’ll ever find’

Hosting about 1,200 students each year, AICAT has produced more than 16,000 alumni.

AICAT students show their support for Israel in the Arava with AICAT director Hanni Arnon

Kahlon cancels import taxes on smartphones

Smartphones should now cost hundreds of shekels less while competition between importers and retailers will intensify.

Kulanu Ministers Moshe Kahlon and Yoav Galant touring agricultural hothouses in Sapir, a moshav in the Arava.

Israeli bird-watching event raises NIS 254,000 to save black storks

Through their participation, teams from 14 different countries ultimately raised NIS 254,000 to save black storks and combat illegal bird-hunting in Turkey.

Birdwatchers in the Arava