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View of the David Ben-Gurion walking trail, Sde Boker, February 2023. (Courtesy/Dead Sea Preservation Government Company)
New desert promenade will take visitors on Ben-Gurion’s favorite Negev walk
By Danielle Nagler
Sde Boker, where the first prime minister lived after retiring, gets an upgrade that aims to draw tourists while keeping their footprint small
View of the David Ben-Gurion walking trail, Sde Boker, February 2023. (Courtesy/Dead Sea Preservation Government Company)
March 11, 2023, 6:45 am
New desert promenade will take visitors on Ben-Gurion’s favorite Negev walk
Sde Boker, where the first prime minister lived after retiring, gets an upgrade that aims to draw tourists while keeping their footprint small
By Danielle Nagler
David Ben-Gurion at home. (GPO)
July 9, 2022, 12:28 pm
‘No confidence I’m fulfilling my roles’: Archival trove reveals Ben-Gurion anxieties
Founding-PM’s diaries, in which he recorded everything he did — from watching theater to resigning — to be exhibited at Sde Boker, along with rest of ‘dream come true’ archive
By ToI Staff
The opening roundtable begins at the Negev Summit, as Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, clockwise from left, makes opening remarks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
May 3, 2022, 4:53 pm
As Israel, US prep for Biden visit, second regional forum reportedly being weighed
US president expected in late June; according to Axios, White House looking to build on ties forged during March’s Negev Summit, though plans are not concrete
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
After meeting for the Negev Summit, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, left, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, pose for a photograph Monday, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
March 28, 2022, 3:24 pm
Announcing permanent regional forum, Israel, Arab states laud alliance, decry terror
At Negev Summit, Lapid says Iran and proxies ‘certainly have something to fear’; diplomats from US, Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain highlight necessity of advancing peace with Palestinians
By Lazar Berman and Aaron Boxerman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (R) welcomes his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan at Sde Boker in southern Israel, on March 27, 2022, ahead of the Negev Summit. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 27, 2022, 9:03 pm
Foreign ministers of Bahrain, UAE, Morocco and Egypt arrive for Negev Summit
With Iran issue looming, Israeli official says top diplomats discussing ‘advancing a regional security architecture’ to counter threats by ‘air, sea, and piracy’
By Lazar Berman and Aaron Boxerman
An air traffic controller directs an Oron spy aircraft down a runway at the Nevatim air base in southern Israel on April 4, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 27, 2022, 6:17 pm
Israel said to up air defense, fearing attack on Negev Summit
Several air force jets said sent up to patrol southern skies as foreign ministers of UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt and US head to Sde Boker for confab hosted by Lapid
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrive to attend a news conference, March 27, 2022, at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
March 27, 2022, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing March 27: What you need to know about the ‘Negev Summit’
Lazar Berman previews the Sunday-Monday landmark meet-up; Ricky Ben David on Ukraine war disinformation; Haviv Rettig Gur examines why world isn’t putting sanctions on Israel, too
By ToI Staff
From left: Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan take part in a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, on October 13, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP/via Getty Images)
March 26, 2022, 9:42 pm
Desert dialog: Blinken lands in Israel ahead of Negev Summit with Lapid, Arab FMs
Countries plan show of regional unity aimed at Iran; seeking informal atmosphere, top diplomats from UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and likely Egypt will gather in Sde Boker
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Scren capture from video of a dead griffon vulture found in the Judean Desert, October 27, 2021. (Srugim)
October 27, 2021, 4:52 pm
Three more dead vultures found in Judean Desert, bringing poisoning toll to 12
Nature and Parks Authority says two dead dogs also discovered; one of the birds had been fitted with a radio transmitter; all corpses to be examined
By Sue Surkes
One of nine dead vultures shown next to the carcass of a goat in the Judean Desert in what the Israel Nature and Parks Authority suspects is a malicious poisoning event, October 24, 2021. (Eyal Ben Giat, INPA)
October 24, 2021, 6:09 pm
9 vultures found dead, in another blow to endangered population
Nature and Parks Authority suspects malicious poisoning after corpses located next to dead goat in Judean Desert
By Sue Surkes
Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion's grandson denounces Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a protest at Sde Boker, where an annual memorial event for Ben-Gurion was held, November 22, 2020. (Screenshot/Twitter)
November 22, 2020, 5:43 pm
Ben-Gurion’s grandson at memorial event: ‘F**k Netanyahu, long live Israel’
Over 200 protesters at Sde Boker, home to Israel’s first PM, call for Netanyahu’s resignation as he gives speech
By ToI Staff
Jazz great Lionel Hampton's 'King David Suite' will be performed at the conclusion of a jazz conference at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on April 15, 2019, closing a circle that began in 1953, when he visited the fledgling state (Courtesy BGU)
April 5, 2019, 2:51 pm
Israelis and the world of jazz get the academic treatment
An upcoming conference on Israeli jazz and Hebrew culture will examine how Sabras got into this musical genre
By Jessica Steinberg
Trip leader Shuka Revak, 86, fulfills a life-long dream as he reaches Avdat in Israel from Jordan's Petra, February 2018. (courtesy)
March 15, 2018, 2:56 pm
86-year-old guide helps discover section of Incense Route lost for millennia
Traversing 100 kilometers in five days, Shuka Ravek fulfills dream and walks from Petra to Avdat in the footsteps of Nabateans
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Ruth Ebenstein
January 12, 2018, 2:44 pm
Ruth Ebenstein
Making the desert bloom with florid prose
A writer’s retreat revealed how the Negev is so much more than beautiful scenery along the drive to Eilat
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks out across the Negev during a special cabinet meeting at the Sde Boker academy to mark 40 years since the passing of Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, November 10, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
October 15, 2017, 5:48 pm
Desert research, education center threatened with closure
Midreshet Ben Gurion says Education Ministry withholding funds for ideological reasons; ministry accuses school of overspending
By Sue Surkes
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