The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council is a regional council

Regional Council

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 in the Upper Galilee

Upper Galilee

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, part of the North District

North District (Israel)

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 of Israel

Israel

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, situated between the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshiha

Ma'alot-Tarshiha

Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot...

 and Shlomi. Its offices are located in Gornot HaGalil

Gornot HaGalil

Gornot HaGalil is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006, it had a population of 166....

.

The council was established in 1963, although most of its settlements were founded in the 1950s. It was named for Yosef Weiz, Zionist

Zionism

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 pioneer of the Second Aliyah

Second Aliyah

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 and director of the Jewish National Fund

Jewish National Fund

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 following the First World War.

Geography

The council runs along the Israel-Lebanon border

Blue Line (Lebanon)

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. It is bounded on the west by the Mateh Asher Regional Council

Mateh Asher Regional Council

The Mateh Asher Regional Council is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua . It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman...

 and Kafr Yasif

Kafr Yasif

Kafr Yasif is a Arab town in the North District of Israel. It is located northeast of the city of Acre and adjacent to Abu Sinan. The population of Kafr Yasif is largely Christian with a significant Muslim minority , and a small Druze community....

, on the south by the Misgav Regional Council

Misgav Regional Council

The Misgav Regional Council is a regional council in the Galilee region in northern Israel. The regional council is home to 22,000 people, and comprises 35 small towns, mostly community settlements but also several Kibbutzim and Moshavim. The population of 29 of these is primarily Jewish, and 6...

, and on the east by the Merom HaGalil Regional Council

Merom HaGalil Regional Council

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. Within its geographic area are several Druze

Druze

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 and other Israeli-Arab

Arab citizens of Israel

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 villages.

List of settlements

The regional council provides municipal services for the populations within its territory, who live on moshav

Moshav

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im and in communal settlements

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.

Moshavim

• Avdon
  Avdon
  Avdon is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Shlomi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 471....
  
  
• Ein Ya'akov
  Ein Ya'akov
  Ein Ya'akov is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 687.The village was established in 1953 by immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq...
  
  
• Elkosh
  Elkosh
  Elkosh is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 348....
  
  
• Even Menachem
• Goren
  Goren
  Goren is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Western Galilee near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 438....
  
  
• Hosen
  Hosen
  Hosen is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 724....
  
  
• Lapidot
  Lapidot
  Lapidot is an moshav in northern Israel. Located near Karmiel and Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 169....
  
  
• Manot
  Manot, Israel
  Manot is an moshav in northern Israel. Located near Shlomi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 360....
  
  

• Me'ona
  Me'ona
  Me'ona is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 560....
  
  
• Netu'a
  Netu'a
  Netu'a is an moshav in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 251....
  
  
• Peki'in HaHadasha
  Peki'in HaHadasha
  Peki'in HaHadasha is an moshav in northern Israel. Located near Peki'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 355....
  
  
• Shomera
  Shomera
  Shomera is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 322....
  
  
• Shtula
  Shtula
  Shtula is an moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 238....
  
  
• Tzuriel
  Tzuriel
  Tzuriel is an moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 304....
  
  
• Ya'ara
  Ya'ara
  Ya'ara is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 533....
  
  
• Zar'it
  Zar'it
  Zar'it is an moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 250....
  
  

Communal settlements

• Abirim
  Abirim
  Abirim is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, three kilometres from Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 209....
  
  
• Gita
  Gita, Israel
  Gita is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Jatt and Yirka, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 202....
  
  
• Gornot HaGalil
  Gornot HaGalil
  Gornot HaGalil is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006, it had a population of 166....
  
  

• Mattat
  Mattat
  Mattat is a small communal settlement in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese Border between the cities of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council...
  
  
• Mitzpe Hila
  Mitzpe Hila
  Mitzpe Hila is a communal town in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee hills near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 572....
  
  
• Neve Ziv
  Neve Ziv
  Neve Ziv , also known as Ziv HaGalil is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located east of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 521....