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Regional councils (plural: Hebrew: מוֹעָצוֹת אֵזוֹרִיּוֹת, Mo'atzot Ezoriyot^[1] / singular: Hebrew: מוֹעָצָה אֵזוֹרִית, Mo'atza Ezorit^[1]) 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.^[2]^[3] Regional councils include representation of anywhere between 3 and 54 communities, usually spread over a relatively large area within geographical vicinity of each other.^[2]

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.^[2] Those settlements without an administrative council do not send any representatives to the regional council, instead being dealt by it directly.^[2] Representatives from those settlements which are represented directly are either chosen directly or through an election.^[2] The predominant form of communities represented on regional councils are kibbutzim and moshavim.^[4]

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.^[5]

The list includes the regional councils in the Golan Heights and the West Bank, areas considered occupied territories under international law,^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] although the Israeli government disputes this.^[10]

Council	Link	District
al-Batuf Regional Council		North
al-Kasom Regional Council		South
Alona Regional Council		Haifa
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council	[1]	South
Bnei Shimon Regional Council	[2]	South
Brenner Regional Council	[3] Archived 2007-12-27 at the Wayback Machine	Center
Bustan al-Marj Regional Council	[4]	North
Central Arava Regional Council	[5]	South
Drom HaSharon Regional Council	[6]	Center
Eshkol Regional Council	[7]	South
Lower Galilee Regional Council	[8] Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine	North
Upper Galilee Regional Council	[9]	North
Gan Raveh Regional Council	[10] Archived 2008-07-14 at the Wayback Machine	Center
Gederot Regional Council	[11]	Center
Gezer Regional Council	[12]	Center
Gilboa Regional Council	[13]	North
Golan Regional Council	[14] Archived 2001-05-16 at the Wayback Machine	North
Gush Etzion Regional Council	[15]	Judea and Samaria Area
Har Hebron Regional Council	[16] Archived 2004-06-23 at the Wayback Machine	Judea and Samaria Area
Hefer Valley Regional Council (Emek Hefer)	[17]	Center
Hevel Eilot Regional Council	[18]	South
Hevel Modi'in Regional Council	[19] Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine	Center
Hevel Yavne Regional Council	[20]	Center
Hof Ashkelon Regional Council	[21]	South
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council	[22]	Haifa
Hof HaSharon Regional Council	[23]	Center
Jezreel Valley Regional Council (Emek Yizreel)	[24]	North
Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden)	[25]	North
Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden)	[26]	Judea and Samaria Area
Lakhish Regional Council	[27]	South
Lev HaSharon Regional Council	[28]	Center
Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council		North
Mateh Asher Regional Council	[29]	North
Mateh Binyamin Regional Council	[30]	Judea and Samaria Area
Mateh Yehuda Regional Council	[31]	Jerusalem
Megiddo Regional Council	[32]	North
Megilot Regional Council	[33]	Judea and Samaria Area
Menashe Regional Council	[34] Archived 2008-02-02 at the Wayback Machine	Haifa
Merhavim Regional Council		South
Merom HaGalil Regional Council		North
Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council	[35]	North
Misgav Regional Council	[36]	North
Nahal Sorek Regional Council	[37]	Center
Neve Midbar Regional Council		South
Ramat HaNegev Regional Council	[38]	South
Sdot Dan Regional Council	[39]	Center
Sdot Negev Regional Council (Azata)	[40]	South
Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council	[41]	South
Shafir Regional Council		South
Shomron Regional Council	[42]	Judea and Samaria Area
Tamar Regional Council	[43]	South
Valley of Springs Regional Council	[44]	North
Yoav Regional Council	[45]	South
Zevulun Regional Council	[46]	Haifa

Former regional councils

Council	District
Abu Basma Regional Council	South
Central Sharon Regional Council
Ef'al Regional Council	Tel Aviv
Ga'aton Regional Council	North
Hadar HaSharon Regional Council	Center
Hof Aza Regional Council	South
Kiryat Ono Regional Council
Mif'alot Afek Regional Council
Na'aman Regional Council	North
Northern Sharon Regional Council	Center
Sulam Tzur Regional Council	North
Tel Mond Regional Council
Yarkon Regional Council