Regional council (Israel)
Regional councils 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 2000 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 and moshavim.
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, although the Israeli government disputes this.
| Council | Link | District |
| al-Batuf Regional Council | North | |
| al-Kasom Regional Council | South | |
| Alona Regional Council | Haifa | |
| Be'er Tuvia Regional Council | South | |
| Bnei Shimon Regional Council | South | |
| Brenner Regional Council | Center | |
| Bustan al-Marj Regional Council | North | |
| Central Arava Regional Council | South | |
| Drom HaSharon Regional Council | Center | |
| Eshkol Regional Council | South | |
| Lower Galilee Regional Council | North | |
| Upper Galilee Regional Council | North | |
| Gan Raveh Regional Council | Center | |
| Gederot Regional Council | Center | |
| Gezer Regional Council | Center | |
| Gilboa Regional Council | North | |
| Golan Regional Council | North | |
| Gush Etzion Regional Council | Judea and Samaria | |
| Har Hebron Regional Council | Judea and Samaria | |
| Hefer Valley Regional Council | Center | |
| Hevel Eilot Regional Council | South | |
| Hevel Modi'in Regional Council | Center | |
| Hevel Yavne Regional Council | Center | |
| Hof Ashkelon Regional Council | South | |
| Hof HaCarmel Regional Council | Haifa | |
| Hof HaSharon Regional Council | Center | |
| Jezreel Valley Regional Council | North | |
| Northern Jordan Valley | North | |
| Southern Jordan Valley | Judea and Samaria | |
| Lakhish Regional Council | South | |
| Lev HaSharon Regional Council | Center | |
| Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council | North | |
| Mateh Asher Regional Council | North | |
| Mateh Binyamin Regional Council | Judea and Samaria | |
| Mateh Yehuda Regional Council | Jerusalem | |
| Megiddo Regional Council | North | |
| Megilot Regional Council | Judea and Samaria | |
| Menashe Regional Council | Haifa | |
| Merhavim Regional Council | South | |
| Merom HaGalil Regional Council | North | |
| Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council | North | |
| Misgav Regional Council | North | |
| Nahal Sorek Regional Council | Center | |
| Neve Midbar Regional Council | South | |
| Ramat Negev Regional Council | South | |
| Sdot Dan Regional Council | Center | |
| Sdot Negev Regional Council | South | |
| Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council | South | |
| Shafir Regional Council | South | |
| Shomron Regional Council | Judea and Samaria | |
| Tamar Regional Council | South | |
| Valley of Springs Regional Council | North | |
| Yoav Regional Council | South | |
| Zevulun Regional Council | Haifa |