The road into the Central Arava always feels like a gentle descent into another state of mind. The sky opens wider, the horizon stretches farther, and the body softens almost without permission. It ...

There were several of us situated in a simple dwelling. I slept in a corner on a mat with a pillow and blanket, and otherwise had everything I needed right in my bag. I might have been far from home, ...

Amid the ruins of Palestinian villages destroyed by Israeli forces, life sprouts from the branches of newly-planted trees. While the Israeli government might suggest that this is nature reclaiming old ...

Israel's refusal to withdraw from a narrow strip of desert on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, as called for in the ceasefire with Hamas, could further threaten the fragile truce. An Israeli ...

The sandy hues, natural claddings and soft textures that are redesigning the Israeli home – and promise calm, balance and a ...