Coral reefs are threatened as the oceans become more acidic; but all is not yet lost Nov 13, 2008
Donna Metreger, Be'er Sheva, Israel. I wouldn't worry too much about ocean acidification - the current levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are approximately one tenth of those when the corals first evolved and are near the lowest they have ever been. (BBC News -- Science)
Beersheba descendants donate medals Oct 31, 2007
30pm on October 31, 1917, 800 Australian light horse caught the Turkish artillery by surprise and successfully charged the town of Beersheba, now known as Be'er Sheva, in what is now southern Israel. Commemoration ceremonies were held around Australia and a re-enactment was scheduled to be held in Israel to remember those who died during the charge which took place over six kilometres on open bare ground with no cover. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize for climate campaign Oct 14, 2007
Mladen Andrijasevic , Be'er Sheva , Israel. Now the criteria have been relaxed, how about giving one to that nice Mr. Cameron for something or other. (Yahoo News -- Climate Change)
IDF soldier killed in central Gaza Strip during clash with militants Jul 13, 2007
The wounded soldiers were evacuated from the scene and brought to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. Later, Hamas said its militants fired two RPG launchers at an IDF bulldozer, setting it on fire. (Yahoo News -- Mideast Conflict)
Two IDF soldiers lightly wounded in clash with militants in Gaza Jul 12, 2007
The wounded soldiers were evacuated from the scene and brought to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. An IDF raid into the same area last week killed 11 Palestinians, including nine Hamas militants. (Ha'aretz)
Israeli planes pound Hamas, Palestinian factions wage gunbattles in streets of Gaza City May 19, 2007
Israeli media reported that between 2,500 to 3,000 of Sderot's 23,000 residents have fled the rocket-battered city in recent days, some leaving on buses organized by the government, and others taking advantage of a Russian-Israeli tycoon's offer to stay in hotels in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Be'er Sheva at his expense. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni showed members of the diplomatic corps video of a Sderot school damaged by rocket fire. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
GW Expat: Bartering in Bedouin markets Mar 26, 2007
Junior Sam Buchbinder, a double major in political communications and Judaic studies, is spending the spring semester studying at Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, Israel. A few times this semester he, along with other students spread out across the globe, will share his experiences and observations abroad as one of The Hatchet's "GW expats.". (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
'I try to forget - but i can't' Mar 17, 2007
Amani, 23, whose left arm had to be amputated above the elbow, was taken to hospital in Be'er Sheva and travels back and forth from Gaza on a regular basis ... The driver stopped at a hospital in Be'er Sheva to pick up another Palestinian patient, an elderly women in the final stages of cancer who was heading back to Gaza to die at her family's side. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Nomads move again to make way for Israel's barrier Feb 28, 2007
Mr Hassan, 62, was born in Be'er Sheva, in what is now Israel. His family crossed during the 1948-9 war and moved to land near Azariya, the biblical town of Bethany, near Jerusalem. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Trying not to be terrified Jan 22, 2007
Junior Sam Buchbinder, a double major in political communications and Judaic studies, is spending the spring semester studying at Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, Israel ... While I sat in a restaurant with 20 other students from my program at Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, I looked around and experienced firsthand that what the world has seemed to forgotten exists in this thriving Middle East democracy: life. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
