"Image or not, homes and lots in the Negev are kidnapped like hot cakes. Have a great demand far exceeds supply. I believe that we are running long distances here, and the change's image will come in a few years" - said yesterday Ofir Fisher, vice president of development of the movement Or settling the Negev and the Galilee at the "audience" was held at Sapir College, in the Negev image panel on the media. The conference was held in preparation for Israel's Sderot conference to be held on November 9.
Siegel Moran, head of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council, presented as an example of the Kibbutz Beit Kama: "Eight years ago there were no young kibbutz. Today the population which comes to about 1,000 people and there is close to 2 million."
"The new systems only want to hear negative things about the Negev," stressed Sagi Bashan, a former Channel 2 news correspondent in the south. "Poverty Report Achshmatfrsm always seek the empty fridge Yeruham, although it has been a while since a development town, and not seek an empty fridge in Ramat Gan. When I wrote, I have decided not to pass negative items on the Negev. Anyone who wants yellow - look for it in other regions. "
Debbie Moses, media adviser at the conference said that "for years been accustomed to see themselves as residents of the Negev and needy who need to accept that all the time that their leaders told them. Today Negev made a big jump accordingly to change the language. Negev have in recent years doing construction boom unprecedented in comparison to regions other country, and it's time that the image of the region will change. "
