(Be’er Sheva in Hebrew and Ber al-Sabe’ in Arabic) A city in southern Israel in the Negev Desert. It is Israel’s fourth largest city and home to Ben Gurion University. Est. population in 2009: 187,800, predominantly Jewish Israelis. There is a large Bedouin population in surrounding areas.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/beer-shevaber-al-sabe