A view of Ein Avdat in the Zin Valley of the Negev Desert. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. i24 News – The Israeli minister in charge of regulating Bedouin settlements announced on Wednesday that a compromise has been reached on a tree-planting program in the Negev desert region, Walla! News reports. The activity sparked two days of violent demonstrations and threatened to shatter the coalition government. Welfare and Social Affairs Minister Meir Cohen said that the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) forestry program will stop planting trees and the parties will convene on an accelerated basis to work out a new...