Good fences make good neighbors? The Case of Jewish Human Settlements in the Negev

Zionism and David Ben Gurion’s vision of greening and blossoming the Negev brought about the desire to expand Jewish territory through the formation of Jewish settlements in the desert. In the early 1990s, around 23 to 25 single-family farms were being established in Ramat HaNegev and spread alongside road 40, in the heart of the …