Arava

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

The luxury resort in the Arava will host chefs Elazar Tamano and David Biton for a special Tu B’Av weekend featuring a chef dinner, sunset events, workshops, and stargazing.

Six Senses Shaharut.
Ancient textile fragment found at the Nahal Omer archaeological site in the Arava, southern Israel, by archaeologists from the University of Haifa, May 19, 2026.

Silk Road Virtual Museum opens first Israel exhibit, displays ancient textiles found in Arava

Cache of ancient ostrich eggs found at an archaeological site near Nitzana, March 29, 2026.

Collection of 7,000-year-old ostrich eggs discovered under sand dunes in southern Israel

From Greenhouse to Plate Festival.

Chefs in the greenhouse: The Arava becomes Israel’s culinary capital for the weekend


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"

Yoel Zilberman, CEO and Co-founder Hashomer Hachadash

Climate in crisis: Meet the Bedouin hub leading the field on climate resilience

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast: Season 2, Episode 46

 Fareed Mahameed, The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies' climate resilience and environmental public health expert.

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.

The New Star Balcony Suite at Zman Arava

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.

 Report of a drone falling on a tree.

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.

 ‘I’M STILL HERE’ will open the Arava International Film Festival.

'We would be alone in a catastrophe': Arava, Eilot regional council residents fear Oct. 7 scenario

Amid growing concerns from the residents of the Arava about infiltrations along the Jordanian border, the head of the Eilot Regional Council: "We are calling on the Israeli government to allocate res

 THE RABIN ARAVA crossing between Jordan and Israel, north of Eilat.

IDF intercepts cruise missiles, rockets from Iraq near Golan Heights

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq fired rockets to the southern Golan Heights, while an additional drone approached Israel from the east.

Illustrative: View of a wildfire following a missiles attack from Lebanon, near Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar, northern Israel, August 17, 2024.

Unpacking Israel’s agricultural miracle

LIVE: Tania Pons Allon, Director of the Kasser Joint Institute for Food, Water, and Energy Security, discusses how Israel transforms harsh desert environments into thriving agricultural hubs.

 Mike Starr, Diaspora Affairs Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, speaks with Tania Pons Allon, Director of the Kasser Joint Institute for Food, Water, and Energy Security at the Jewish National Fund (JNF-USA).

48 hours in the longest land in Israel - the Arava

48 hours in the Arava: Treats for the body and the guts in the desert heat. Sunset magic and desert breeze await in Israel's longest land.

 Kibbutz Lotan lantern excursion

On the way to Eilat? The new view that you shouldn't miss

Unveiling the Nof Tzofar lookout near Eilat, offering a panoramic view of the Arava Valley, Moshav Tzofar , and historic Tzofar enclave along the Jordan border.

 Nof Tzofar observation deck