{"id":16416,"date":"2019-11-03T09:54:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T07:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.habsor.co.il\/?p=16416"},"modified":"2023-01-26T17:08:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:08:47","slug":"6182b3e372aa9d1a1f6a89c8cc26813f62b5855bf0d6fc6a16166b1530ede8cdd76182b3e372aa9d1a1f6a89c8cc26813f62b5855bf0d6fc6a16166b1530ede8cda46182b3e372aa9d1a1f6a89c8cc26813f62b5855bf0d6fc6a16166b1530ede8c-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habsor.co.il\/?p=16416&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Ofakim Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Ofakim Park<\/strong>: From Gilat Interchange, on the Be'er Sheva-Netivot road ( 25), drive west about 4 km to the entrance to the city of Ofakim. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Drive south along the main street (Herzl Street) and turn left on HaHida Street, which leads straight to the park gate.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With the colorful flower statue, Safra Square welcomes\u00a0 visitors to the park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Finding open plains and fields stretching to the horizon, in our little country, without some mountain or city &quot;disrupting&quot; the rest of the landscape is tricky. Such landscapes can be seen almost exclusively in the Western Negev. We chose to walk in such a landscape, where the channel of Ofakim Stream carves its way through the plains on its way to Nahal Gerar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It is hard to believe that there were dozens of prosperous settlements during Byzantine times in this arid region, and where Israel dared to build a city in 1955.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">But looking carefully at the landscape, you willfind that the Ofakim Stream is full of water and that when there's a will&#8211;from the KKL-JNF&#8211;there is also a way, and a small forest can be planted, and a park can be constructed. 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