The Mateh Asher Regional Council (, Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Asher) is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher, which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua (19:24–31). It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman, and Sulam Tzor. The council's offices are located on the east side of Highway 4, between Regba and Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
The regional council was established in 1982, now stretches over 216,059 dunams and includes some 17,300 residents. As of 2018, the head of the regional council is Moshe Davidovich and the council's rabbi is Rabbi Shlomo Ben Eliyahu.
List of settlements This regional council provides municipal services for the populations within its territory, who live in various types of communities, including kibbutzim and moshavim, Arab villages, and community and other settlements:
Kibbutzim
Adamit Afek Beit HaEmek Eilon Ein HaMifratz
Evron Ga'aton Gesher HaZiv Hanita Kabri
Kfar Masaryk Lohamei HaGeta'ot Matzuba Rosh HaNikra Sa'ar
Shomrat Yehiam Yas'ur
Moshavim
Ahihud Amka Ben Ami
Bustan HaGalil Betzet
Liman Netiv HaShayara
Regba Shavei Tzion
Community settlements and villages Klil Nes Ammim Oshrat
Arab villages Arab al-Aramshe Sheikh Danun
Demographics In 2022, 82% of the population was Jewish, 15.2% was Muslim, 0.1% was Christian, and 2.7% was counted as other.
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 66 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 24 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 10 percent voted for the Arab parties.
Twin towns Mateh Asher is twin towns with following cities and districts:Description of international cooperation at the official website of the city of Oldenburg (in German)
: Oldenburg, since 1996 References
External links Official website (Hebrew)