The southern Negev was designated to be part of the Jewish State in the 1947 UN Partition Plan.

Neot Semadar is located in the southern Negev about 70 km.

It is in the southern Negev, not in Jerusalem.

In the southern Negev, authorities reported, a group of Jews pelted an Arab's car with stones as he was heading back to the Gaza Strip.

On 5 March, Operation Uvda was launched following nearly a month of reconnaissance, with the goal of securing the southern Negev from Jordan.

It then continues north, winding through the mountains of the southern Negev.

The southern Negev saw a flourishing of economic activity during the 8th to 10th or 11th centuries.

Hazor, A town in the southern Negev, between Kadesh and Ithan, mentioned in a geographic list.

Yoseftal Medical Center, established in 1968, is Israel's southernmost hospital, and the only hospital covering the southern Negev.

This suggests that the southern Negev was arid to hyper-arid in these periods.