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Surrounded by Arabs, isolated settlements and ranches are tasked with defending the land so that future generations may enjoy them.

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center It wasn’t long after the dusty desert town of Mitzpe Ramon was ...

These young adults showed that resilience is not just within the bones of the citizens of Israel, but within the blood of the Jewish people, wherever in the world they may be from. Am Yisrael Chai.

This Friday, July 4, the small desert town of Mitzpe Ramon will host its fifth annual Pride and Tolerance March—one of the only such events taking place in Israel this year. In a country still reeling ...

Nubian ibexes are seen on a street in Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, on Jan. 23, 2021, as many people stay at home during a full lockdown to fight COVID-19. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua) Nubian ...

Yesterday morning Mitzpe Ramon held its 3rd annual Pride Parade. Hundreds of people, mostly from Tel Aviv, arrived there to support the local community in the most remote town in the south of Israel.

This is the latest in our twice-monthly series on underrated destinations, It's Still a Big World. The desert night was as black as pitch. The car’s headlights weren’t working properly and I could ...

On Thursday, the formal legitimization of the Mitzpe Kramim settlement was completed, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The process followed coordinated efforts by the Settlement Directorate ...

The Ramon Crater (“Makhtesh Ramon”) in the Negev desert is the world’s largest erosion crater. The crater’s ancient history dates back 220 million years to when an ocean once filled the massive hole, ...

The Mitzpe Yericho Yeshiva on Tuesday morning held festive prayers led by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, in honor of the new month of Tevet and the Hanukkah holiday. Rains falling ...

Located atop snow-capped Mount Hermon is the Mitzpe Shlagim lookout, Israel’s highest-altitude manned military outpost and a key observation site to monitor activity in Lebanon and Syria. Mitzpe ...