New research shows how Byzantine farmers in the Negev Desert, Israel, used advanced irrigation to sustain wine industry.

When sirens wail in the southern Israeli desert to herald an incoming missile, Ahmad Abu Ganima’s family scrambles outside.

For Israel’s 300,000-strong Bedouin community, there are no shelters to protect them from incoming missiles, so they have to ...

New research from University of Haifa identifies the conditions conditions which allowed vineyards to flourish in the desert, ...

Yatir Winery's wines come exclusively from its high-elevation vineyards in the Yatir Forest, which are only 10 minutes away ...

The Negev Desert region of Israel is harsh and unforgiving, yielding only about 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain every year. And yet the breadth of life and human activity in the desert is stunning.

The Negev desert—Al-Naqab in Arabic—stretches across southern Israel down to Eilat and the Red Sea. The region contains 60 percent of the land within Israel’s 1967 borders , but only 8.1 ...

In the sun-scorched Negev desert, Bedouin communities are harnessing solar energy not just to power their homes and schools, ...

Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, said that “the future of Israel lies in the Negev,” a desert area that comprises 60 percent of the country’s land mass.

The Negev Desert and Israel’s national nightmare . This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.. From the podium of the U.N. General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

On a trip to Israel, a skittish adventurer sets out to conquer a canyon in the Negev and finds it surprisingly accessible. Plus 5 other desert escapes in Israel, from camel rides to stargazing ...

AL BAT, Israel — Adel abu Sbayeh heard the F-35 long before he saw it brushing a lazy contrail over the Negev desert, turning west toward Gaza, another warplane from the Nevatim air base not far ...