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August 12, 2021

Hope and Disappointment in Israel’s Desert Metropolis

Beersheba, city of the future.

Home to some 200,000 people, the modern city of Beersheba is located just three miles from the ancient city where, according to Genesis, Abraham made a treaty with the Philistine king Abimelech. Today it is the largest city in the Negev—the desert that makes up most of Israel’s south. Matti Friedman paints a portrait of the city:

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August 12, 2021

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