A month-long celebration features starry nights and activity-packed days in Israel's quiet, arid south

Ecologist recommends hitting southern deserts for a colorful display in mid-May, with rainfall there three times last year's amount

Ambulance service says victim sustained fatal wounds during violent incident at construction site in Arava region

Victims, in their 60s, trapped in crushed car; truck driver and driver of another car lightly injured; accident brings total number of road deaths this year to 300

Tel Aviv University research finds Iron Age use of so many trees and shrubs in southern Israel for charcoal caused irreversible eco-damage, made industry too costly to maintain

Collision takes place along one of Israel's deadliest roads; victims include a 4-year-old boy, 13-year-old girl

It took 10 years to carve the desert resort from a hillside, built sustainably for wellness travelers and with prices to match the other-worldly design

Touted as a cost-competitive, sustainable alternative to lithium batteries, Augwind's 'air batteries' can power turbines when needed

Two firms set to begin exploring for fossil fuels in southern Israel, but residents fear seismic surveys could scar landscape and worse could be in offing should drilling progress