By Eliav Breuer
The seven municipalities in the North whose residents were evacuated at the beginning of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in October 2023 held belated municipal elections on Tuesday.
The municipalities, officially called “local authorities,” are: Kiryat Shmona Municipality, Shlomi Local Council, Mateh Asher Regional Council, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Mevo’ot Hahermon Regional Council, Ma’ale Yosef Regional Council, and Merom Hagalil Regional Council.
The elections were held after a number of delays. Countrywide municipal elections were held in February 2024, and municipal elections in the Gaza border communities were held in November 2024.
The elections on Tuesday are the last municipalities to vote in the current cycle.
Residents aged 17 and up are eligible to vote in municipal elections, and there are 70,058 eligible voters for Tuesday’s election. In Shlomi, only one candidate, Gabriel (Gabby) Ne’eman, put his name forward, and therefore he will be declared automatic winner.
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