Mateh Binyamin Regional Council

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Mateh Binyamin
מטה בנימין‎
Regional council (from 1980)
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The new council building (from December 2020) at Sha'ar Binyamin
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Israel Map - Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.svg
Region West Bank
District Judea and Samaria Area
Government
 • Head of Municipality Israel Ganz  [ he ]
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
86,785
Website Official website

Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (Hebrew : מועצה אזורית מטה בנימין, Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Binyamin, Lit. Council for the Region of the Tribe of Benjamin) is a regional council governing 47 Israeli settlements and outposts in the West Bank. The council's jurisdiction is from the Jordan valley in the east to the Samarian foothills in the west, and from the Shiloh creek in the north to the Jerusalem Mountains in the south.

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The seat of the council is Psagot. [1] The council is named for the ancient Israelite tribe of Benjamin, whose territory roughly corresponds to that of the council. The region in which the Binyamin settlements are located is referred to as the Binyamin Region.

The international community considers Israeli settlements to be illegal, but the state of Israel disputes this, and this applies to all communities under the administration of Mateh Binyamin.

List of settlements

This regional council provides various municipal services for the 47 settlements within its territory:

NameTypeFoundedPopulation (2022)
Adei Ad Israeli outpost 1990
Ahia Israeli outpost1997
Almon (Anatot) Community settlement 19821,467
Alon Community settlement19901,111
Amichai Community settlement2017264
Ateret Community settlement1981891
Beit Horon Community settlement19771,442
Dolev Community settlement19831,613
Eli Community settlement19844,701
Esh Kodesh Israeli outpost2001
Ganei Modi'in Community settlement19852,735
Geva Binyamin (Adam)Community settlement19845,913
Giv'at Asaf Israeli outpost2001
Givat Harel Neighbourhood1998
Givat HaRoeh  [ he ]Neighbourhood2003
Giv'on HaHadasha Community settlement1981996
Halamish (Neve Tzuf)Community settlement19771,590
Harasha Community settlement1997
Hashmonaim Community settlement19872,589
Keeda Israeli outpost2003
Kerem Reim Israeli outpost2009
Kfar Adumim Community settlement19794,957
Kfar HaOranim (Menora/Giv'at Ehud)Community settlement19972,604
Kokhav HaShahar Community settlement19802,501
Kokhav Ya'akov Community settlement19849,794
Ma'ale Levona Community settlement19841,018
Ma'ale Mikhmas Community settlement19811,744
Matityahu Community settlement1981920
Mevo Horon Moshav 19692,669
Migron Community settlement1999260
Mitzpe Danny Israeli outpost1998
Mitzpe Hagit Israeli outpost1999
Mitzpe Kramim Israeli outpost1999
Mitzpe Yeriho Community settlement19762,657
Na'ale Community settlement19882,839
Nahliel Community settlement1984743
Neria (Talmon Bet/North)Community settlement1991
Neveh Erez Israeli outpost2001
Nili Community settlement19812,059
Nofei Prat Community settlement1992
Ofra Community settlement19753,497
Psagot Community settlement19812,086
Rimonim Community settlement1980707
Shiloh Community settlement19785,072
Shvut Rachel Community settlement1992
Talmon Community settlement19895,379
Tel Zion Community settlement2000

The community settlement of Ofarim was joined with the adjacent local council of Beit Aryeh in 2003 and has ceased to exist as an independent entity. Tel Zion was a semiautonomous neighbourhood of Kokhav Ya'akov, ultimately becoming a separate locality in 2023, [2] while Zeit Ra'anan is a semiautonomous neighbourhood of Talmon. Amona was dismantled by government order in 2016 and a new site was authorized in the Shiloh Bloc. [3] Ginot Aryeh was established in 2001 but evacuated in 2004. [4]

Heads of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council

NameTook officeLeft office
Pinchas Wallerstein  [ he ]19792008
Avi Roeh  [ he ] [5] 20082018
Israel Ganz  [ he ]2018Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "Psagot - Local Authority Details" (in Hebrew). Israeli Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
  2. ↑ Tovah Lazaroff (February 3, 2023). "Israel shores up West Bank settlements after Netanyahu's Paris visit". The Jerusalem Post .
  3. ↑ Jacob Magid (June 20, 2017). "Ground broken for first new West Bank settlement in 25 years". Times of Israel .
  4. ↑ Craig S. Smith (December 29, 2003). "Israel Orders the Evacuation of Four Unauthorized Outposts". The New York Times .
  5. ↑ "Avi Roeh Chosen to Lead Binyamin Region". Israel National News. November 28, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2007.

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