Americans for Ben-Gurion University (A4BGU) announced on Monday the launch of the “Way Forward,” a Ben-Gurion University (BGU)-led $1 billion global to build and strengthen Israel beginning with the south. Since the Hamas attacks on October 7, this campaign has become more urgent. BGU is the largest employer in the , and is important to the economic vitality of the southern region. Hamas’s October 7 attack disproportionately affected residents of the Negev. Of the Israelis killed in the October 7 massacres, 80% were from the Negev. Close to 3,000 were treated at BGU’s Soroka and , and upwards of 200,000 ...