Shim'a

Year Founded :1983, on a hilltop, 3 kilometres from the neighbouring Palestinian village of Yatta. Population, Dec 2004 : 692

Year Founded :1983Population, Dec 2004 : 538

Year Founded :1983Population, Dec 2004 : 429

Religious settlement in the Palestinian Tel Rumeida neighbourhood of Hebron (Khalil).

Restricts entry to the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood of Hebron, which is a point of extreme friction between Palestinians and religious Jewish settlers.

Remnants of an important city from the Canaanite and Israelite periods

Year Founded :1984Population, Dec 2004 : 186

Year Founded :1982Population, Dec 2004 : 141

Founded : 1981Population, Dec 2004 : 6,090

Archeologists working at Tel Beersheva uncovered two-thirds of a settlement from the early Israelite period (tenth century B.C.E.), when a fortified administrative city was built on the tell (mound composed of the remains of successive settlements).

The Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority\'s visitors center, located in downtown Arad, introduces visitors to the geology and history of the Judean Desert.

Arad

Some of the most popular spots in the Beit Govrin National Park are:Bell caves - A series of 80 large caves connected by passageways. Saint Anne\'s Church.Sidonian burial caves