Israel 's cabinet agreed Sunday to establish the southern Israeli village Ir Ovot as a rural community and to examine the possibility of founding six additional communities for Jews in the Negev – a city and five cooperative communities . Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Construction and Housing Minister Zeev Elkin said Ir Ovot will be built south of Hatzeva Junction. The proposed city, whose temporary name is Tela, is designated for an area near Lehavim , while the other five proposed communities , if approved, will be along Route 25, in the northern Negev . While Shaked hailed the...