Lakhish Regional Council (, Mo'atza Azorit Lakhish) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. It surrounds the ancient city of Lakhish and the modern city of Kiryat Gat. It was founded in 1955. Today it includes 15 moshavim and one village, as listed below. As of 2008, three new communities are being built in eastern Lakhish, and some old communities are being expanded. Rabbis Shabtai Ben Hayyim and Ya'akov Alkabetz serve as rabbis of the council.
List of villages
The following villages are subject to the council. All are moshavim except Bnei Dekalim, Eliav and Neta. Ahuzam Amatzia Bnei Dekalim Haruv Lakhish Menuha Nir Hen Nehora Neta Noga Otzem Sde David Sde Moshe Shahar Shekef Tlamim Yad Natan Zohar
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 69 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 31 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 0.1 percent voted for the Arab parties.
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