A small model in the Negev shows what a real opportunity can do

Article summary

In this opinion article, Nimrod Rogel starts with a meeting with Wadi Attir’s kitchen team and examines the conditions that enable a community to develop. Staff experiences reveal the gap between local skills and barriers caused by inadequate infrastructure and employment opportunities.

He presents the project’s training, food production, tourism and entrepreneurship as a practical model. His argument calls for investment in transport, water, electricity and market access, alongside Jewish–Bedouin cooperation.