The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council (, Mo'atza Azorit Ma'aleh Yosef) is a regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Shlomi. Its offices are located in Gornot HaGalil.
The council was established in 1963, although most of its settlements were founded in the 1950s. It was named for Yosef Weiz, Zionist pioneer of the Second Aliyah and director of the Jewish National Fund following the First World War.
Geography The council runs along the Israel-Lebanon border. It is bounded on the west by the Mateh Asher Regional Council and Kafr Yasif, on the south by the Misgav Regional Council, and on the east by the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. Within its geographic area are several Druze and other Israeli-Arab villages.
List of settlements The regional council provides municipal services for the populations within its territory, who live on moshavim and in community settlements.
Moshavim
Avdon Ein Ya'akov Elkosh Even Menachem
Goren Hosen Lapidot Manot
Me'ona Netu'a Peki'in HaHadasha Shomera
Shtula Tzuriel Ya'ara Zar'it
Community settlements
Abirim Gita
Gornot HaGalil Mattat
Mitzpe Hila Neve Ziv
Demographics In 2022, 96.5% of the population was Jewish and 3.5% was counted as other.
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 68 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 32 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 0.2 percent voted for the Arab parties.
References
External links Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council website (Hebrew)