Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a rare ancient mosque in the country's south that the antiquities officials said sheds light on the region's transition from Christianity to Islam. The ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. More than 1,500 years ago, an ancient Arab people built a Christian ...

The Negev is home to about 13% of Israel’s population. The Negev Foundation’s goal is to promote more growth in that 12,000- ...

Deep in the south of Israel in an Arab region known as the Negev Desert, members of the Arab Bedouin community who have lived there for generations are fighting to stay in their homes. Around 90,000 ...

Last week, archaeologists discovered one of the world’s oldest mosques beneath Rahat, in the south of Israel. There, construction on a new neighborhood in the world’s largest Bedouin city uncovered “a ...

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has sounded the alarm over the dire humanitarian and medical conditions endured by Palestinian political prisoners held in Israel’s Negev desert ...

As vintners around the world battle extreme heat and climate change, the pioneers producing wine in Israel’s arid south are testing ideas that might soon find global application. By Isabel Kershner ...

Khalil Le'Moor, an Arab resident of the Negev, recounts the threat facing his community of demolitions and expulsion by the Israeli government. Deep in the south of Israel in an Arab region known as ...