Mateh Yehuda Regional Council

The regional council administers moshavim, kibbutzim, Arab villages and other rural settlements in the Jerusalem corridor, north and south of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, from Jerusalem in the southeast to Latrun in the northwest, and down to the area of Beit Shemesh (Ha'ela Valley) in the south.

The settlements vary greatly in their character. There are religious, secular and mixed Jewish communities, two Arab communities, and the only mixed Arab-Jewish village in Israel - Neve Shalom. Many of the Jewish communities in the Mateh Yehuda district were established by immigrants from India, Yemen, Iraq, Iran and countries in Eastern Europe.

30% of the lands of the Palestinian village of Battir in the West Bank, as well as a few of its buildings,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18012895 West Bank barrier threatens villagers' way of life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729031106/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18012895 |date=2021-07-29 }}. BBC News. 2012-05-09.{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:PPGB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13EC90164E2955F0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D663DC0A81A15EA|title=West Bank Barrier Threatens Farms|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=May 14, 2012|author=Daniella Cheslow|access-date=August 22, 2012|archive-date=November 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110080330/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004|url-status=live}} lie on the Israeli side of the Green Line. These parts of Battir are nominally within the regional council's area of jurisdiction, but authority over them is exercised by the PA municipality of Battir in practice.

• Jewish collective villages (Kibbutzim)
• Harel · Kiryat Anavim · Ma'ale HaHamisha · Nahshon · Netiv HaLamed-Heh · Ramat Rachel · Tzora · Tzova
• Jewish cooperative villages (Moshavim)
• Aderet · Agur · Aminadav · Aviezer · Bar Giora · Beit Zayit · Beit Meir · Beit Nekofa · Bekoa · Eshtaol · Even Sapir · Gefen · Givat Ye'arim · Givat Yeshayahu · Kfar Uria · Kisalon · Luzit · Mevo Beitar · Mata · Mahsia · Mesilat Zion · Naham · Nehusha · Nes Harim · Neve Ilan · Neve Michael · Ora · Ramat Raziel · Sdot Micha · Sho'eva · Shoresh · Ta'oz · Tal Shahar · Tarum · Tirosh · Tzafririm · Tzelafon · Yad HaShmona · Yish'i · Zanoah · Zekharia
• Community settlements
• Nataf · Srigim · Giv'ot Eden{{cite news|url=https://allisrael.com/new-high-end-settlement-in-judean-hills-overlooks-valley-where-david-fought-goliath|title=New high-end settlement in Judean hills overlooks valley where David fought Goliath|publisher=All Israel News|date=September 6, 2023|access-date=August 23, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818211755/https://allisrael.com/new-high-end-settlement-in-judean-hills-overlooks-valley-where-david-fought-goliath|url-status=live}}· Tzur Hadassah · Gizo · Motza Illit
• Arab villages
• Ein Naqquba · Ein Rafa
• Arab-Jewish village
• Neve Shalom
• Other settlements
• Deir Rafat · Ein Kerem Agricultural School · Eitanim · Givat Shemesh · Kfar Zoharim · Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village · Yedida

The tourist activities in the area include mountain hiking, major sections on the Israel National Trail, biking and historical sight seeing. Other attractions include natural phenomenon as Avshalom stalactites cave and natural water springs. Mate Yehuda is also home to goat cheese farms, over 30 wineries, including award-winning [https://www.katlavclub.com/ Katlav] and [https://www.nevowinery.co.il/ Nevo], 11 breweries and dozens of artists.

The regional council has sister city-like partnerships with these municipalities:

• {{flagicon|Finland}} Vantaa, Finland
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Würzburg district, Bavaria, Germany
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Nümbrecht, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Dorohoi, Romania

The regional council and Beit Shemesh are linked to South Africa and Washington, D.C., in the Partnership 2gether program of the Jewish Agency for Israel.{{cite web

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