The Negev will be Israel's main area of development in the coming decades. The Negev, covering 60% of Israel's territory, has many assets and growth levers, and is undergoing rapid growth which will turn it into a region with a developed economy that attracts residents and businesses. The transfer of IDF bases to the Negev will result in tens of billions of shekels in direct investment by the Ministry of Defense in the coming years in the coming years. The privatization of services by the Ministry of Defense will boost the Negev's economy by tens of billions of shekels a year, and increase its population .
Participants:

Effie Stenzler, Chairman, JNF
Yaakov Ganot, CEO, Israel Airports Authority
Orna Hozman Bechor, Director General, The Ministry for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee, The Ministry of Regional Cooperation
Adv. Naama Dahan, CEO, Merage Foundations
; Hezi Mashita, Negev Transition Authority Director, IDF
Brig. Gen. Nissim Peretz, The Commander of the Israeli Military's Logistics Division, IDF
Moderator: Dana Weiss, Journalist, Channel 2 news