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Israel Police patrol officers, April 23, 2024. Credit: Israel Police via Wikimedia Commons.
Israeli arrested in ISIS plot
The suspect, identified only as a minor from the Negev, was taken into custody in May.
JNS Staff
June 16, 2025
Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the Gaza Strip, June 10, 2025. Credit: IDF.
IDF completes expansion of buffer zone with Gaza
The IDF said it "will continue to operate against terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip to ensure the security of the civilians of the State of Israel."
JNS Staff
June 10, 2025
Bedouin housing in the Negev. Photo by Dudu Greenspan.
Groundbreaking land reform policy brings new hope to the Negev
Amichai Chikli leads a government decision to facilitate the absorption of residents of squatter camps into recognized Bedouin settlements.
Naomi Linder Kahn
May 28, 2025
A section of the beautiful Be’er Shema (Birsama) mosaic on display in the Merhavim Regional Council’s headquarters. Photo by Yuli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority.
Mosaic on display in the Negev ‘one of the most impressive’ ever found in Israel
The colorful 1,600-year-old Be’er Shema mosaic includes 55 medallions decorated with scenes of hunting, animals and everyday life.
JNS Staff
May 27, 2025
From left, starting with Dr. Efrat Aflalo, head of the Physicians Olim Directorate at the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, in second row, are Nefesh B'Nefesh Chairman Tony Gelbart, Israeli Health Minister Uriel Buso and Nefesh B'Nefesh Executive Director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, at the MedEx France conference in Paris on May 25, 2025. Photo by Shahar Azran.
Israel works to ease aliyah for medical professionals
The Jewish state hopes to see 2,000 doctors immigrate over the next five years.
JNS Staff
May 26, 2025
Heads of carved African figures discovered at Tel Malhata in 2017. Photo: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority.
1,500-year-old African figurines discovered in the Negev desert
The statuettes, discovered in Tel Malhata in 2017, indicate the presence of a Christian community in southern Israel 1,500 years ago.
JNS Staff
May 15, 2025
An unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev Desert, Nov. 21, 2024. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90.
Why Bedouin settlements in the Negev are ghost towns
Recent data reveal what anyone familiar with the region already knows: The current system doesn't work.
Yehuda Kapach
May 9, 2025
A demonstration by Bedouin and Israeli Arabs to mark Land Day, at Sawe al-Atrash village in the Negev, on March 26, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90,
Bedouin teens arrested, suspected of plan to steal arms for terror
"The Israel Police and the Shin Bet take a severe view of any involvement by Israeli citizens in terrorism."
April 3, 2025
The special clay jug used for liquid storage 1,200 years ago. Photo by Emil Aladejm, Israel Antiquities Authority.
1,200-year-old clay jug with camel motif found in Israel’s Yatir Forest
“The depiction of camels on the vessel highlights the importance of the animal, which was a central means of land transportation around 1,200 years ago."
Joshua Marks
March 27, 2025