Regional councils (plural: , Mo'atzot Ezoriyot / singular: , Mo'atza Ezorit) are one of the three types of Israel's local government entities, with the other two being cities and local councils. As of 2019, there were 54 regional councils, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas. Regional councils include representation of anywhere between 3 and 54 communities, usually spread over a relatively large area within geographical vicinity of each other.
Each community within a regional council usually does not exceed 2,000 in population and is managed by a local committee. This committee sends representatives to the administering regional council proportionate to their size of membership and according to an index which is fixed before each election. Those settlements without an administrative council do not send any representatives to the regional council, instead being dealt by it directly. Representatives from those settlements which are represented directly are either chosen directly or through an election. The predominant form of communities represented on regional councils are kibbutzim, moshavim, and yeshuvim kehilatiyim.
List of regional councils
The following sortable table lists all 53 regional councils by name, and the district or area according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
The list includes the regional councils in the Golan Heights and the West Bank, areas considered occupied territories under international law,Resolution 446, Resolution 465, Resolution 484, among others although the Israeli government disputes this. CouncilLinkDistrictal-Batuf Regional Council Northernal-Kasom Regional Council SouthernAlona Regional Council HaifaBe'er Tuvia Regional CouncilSouthernBnei Shimon Regional CouncilSouthernBrenner Regional Council CentralBustan al-Marj Regional CouncilNorthernCentral Arava Regional CouncilSouthernDrom HaSharon Regional CouncilCentralEshkol Regional CouncilSouthernLower Galilee Regional Council NorthernUpper Galilee Regional CouncilNorthernGan Raveh Regional Council CentralGederot Regional CouncilCentralGezer Regional CouncilCentralGilboa Regional CouncilNorthernGolan Regional Council NorthernGush Etzion Regional CouncilJudea and Samaria AreaHar Hevron Regional Council Judea and Samaria AreaHefer Valley Regional Council (Emek Hefer)CentralHevel Eilot Regional Council SouthernHevel Modi'in Regional Council CentralHevel Yavne Regional CouncilCentralHof Ashkelon Regional CouncilSouthernHof HaCarmel Regional CouncilHaifaHof HaSharon Regional CouncilCentralJezreel Valley Regional Council (Emek Yizreel)NorthernNorthern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden)NorthernSouthern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden)Judea and Samaria AreaLakhish Regional CouncilSouthernLev HaSharon Regional CouncilCentralMa'ale Yosef Regional Council NorthernMateh Asher Regional CouncilNorthernMateh Binyamin Regional CouncilJudea and Samaria AreaMateh Yehuda Regional CouncilJerusalemMegiddo Regional CouncilNorthernMegilot Regional CouncilJudea and Samaria AreaMenashe Regional Council HaifaMerhavim Regional Council SouthernMerom HaGalil Regional Council NorthernMevo'ot HaHermon Regional CouncilNorthernMisgav Regional CouncilNorthernNahal Sorek Regional CouncilCentralNeve Midbar Regional Council SouthernRamat HaNegev Regional CouncilSouthernSdot Dan Regional CouncilCentralSdot Negev Regional Council (Azata)SouthernSha'ar HaNegev Regional CouncilSouthernShafir Regional Council SouthernShomron Regional CouncilJudea and Samaria AreaTamar Regional Council SouthernValley of Springs Regional CouncilNorthernYoav Regional Council SouthernZevulun Regional CouncilHaifa
Former regional councils CouncilDistrictAbu Basma Regional CouncilSouthernCentral Sharon Regional CouncilEf'al Regional CouncilTel AvivGa'aton Regional CouncilNorthernHadar HaSharon Regional CouncilCentralHof Aza Regional CouncilSouthernKiryat Ono Regional CouncilMif'alot Afek Regional CouncilNa'aman Regional CouncilNorthernNorthern Sharon Regional CouncilCentralSulam Tzur Regional CouncilNorthernTel Mond Regional CouncilYarkon Regional Council
See also City council (Israel) Local council (Israel) Districts (Israel)
References
External links Local Government in Israel. The Knesset Lexicon of Terms. 2009