Mateh Binyamin Regional Council

The wolf of the Tribe of Benjamin, namesake of the regional council.

Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית מטה בנימין‎, Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Binyamin) is a regional council covering 42 Israeli settlements in the southern Samarian hills of the West Bank. 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.

In November 2007, Avi Roeh was elected head of the council. The previous head, Pinchas Wallerstein stepped down after being in the position for 28 years.^[2]

List of settlements[]

This regional council provides various municipal services for the 42 settlements within its territory:

Ahia
Adei Ad
Almon (Anatot)
Alon
Amona
Ateret
Beit Horon
Dolev
Eli
Esh Kodesh
Geva Binyamin (Adam)
Giv'at Har'el
Giv'on HaHadasha
Harasha
Hashmonaim

Keeda
Kfar Adumim
Kfar HaOranim (Menora/Giv'at Ehud)
Kokhav HaShahar
Kokhav Ya'akov
Ma'ale Levona
Ma'ale Mikhmas
Matityahu
Mevo Horon
Migron
Mitzpe Dani
Mitzpe Hagit
Mitzpe Kramim
Mitzpe Yeriho

Na'ale
Nahliel
Neria (Talmon Bet/North)
Neveh Erez
Halamish (Neve Tzuf)
Nili
Nofei Prat
Ofra
Psagot
Rimonim
Shilo
Shvut Rachel
Talmon

The communal 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 Tzion is a semiautonomous neighbourhood of Kokhav Ya'akov, though it is set to ultimately become a separate locality, while Zeit Ra'anan is a semiautonomous neighbourhood of Talmon.

Settlements to be included on the Israeli side of the West Bank Barrier include those in or near the Modi'in bloc (Hashmonaim, Matityahu, Na'ale, Nili), Mevo Horon in the Latrun area, Beit Horon and Giv'on HaHadasha northwest of Jerusalem, and Almon and Kfar Adumim in the Adummim area east of Jerusalem.