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NextGen Climate Changemakers: A Milestone in Transboundary Environmental Leadership

Barak Talmor is one of our Alumni Coordinators. He is a 2020 alumnus of the Arava Institute, co-founder of “Face to Face”, a project connecting

26/09/2023

Marking 30 years since the Oslo Accords

Dr. Shmuel Brenner, long-time Arava Institute researcher and faculty member, was one of the founders and former Senior Deputy Director of Israel’s Ministry of Environment.

21/09/2023

students during an outdoor session in the desert

Beginning of Fall 2023 semester

Last week we welcomed the students and interns of the Fall 2023 semester at our campus in Kibbutz Ketura. This semester’s participants came to the

13/09/2023

Seminar: Solar energy for regional development in the Bedouin community

In July the Arava Institute hosted a seminar on Solar energy as a catalyst for regional development in the Bedouin community in cooperation with the Bedouin

22/08/2023

The judicial principle of “reasonableness”, the environment, dialogue, and cross-border work

A personal reflection by Eliza Mayo, Deputy Director Last week the Knesset passed the reasonableness bill which, if implemented, will strip Israel’s Supreme Court of

07/08/2023

New Research on Wastewater Testing for COVID-19 in Bedouin Communities

Water flushed down the toilet can be an important resource for passively detecting viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and researchers from the Arava Institute’s Center for Transboundary

28/07/2023

Spring Semester 2023: A Roller Coaster

By Aviv Saad As the Arava Institute’s Campus Life Director, it’s difficult to summarize an entire semester at the Institute in a few paragraphs. One

26/07/2023

Alumni Innovation Fund: Mazra’ah final event

We are excited to invite you to the final event of Mazra’ah, an Alumni Innovation Program project, on Monday, July 17th, at 18:00 in Be’er

16/07/2023

Interns Engaged in Critical Research at the Institute

This past spring semester, 8 interns—Israeli, Palestinian, American, Sudanese, German, and Dutch—came to the Arava Institute for study and applied research focused on our shared

14/07/2023

GREENinMED Subgrants Completed

The GREENinMED project under the ENI CBC MED program, funded by the European Union, has just come to an end after four years of activities aiming