Menashe (Israel)

Mo'atza Ezorit Menashe, Regional Council of Menashe/Manasseh

Last modified: 2007-07-14 by dov gutterman
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image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 2nd October 1963

• Description
• Desk Flag Variant
• The Emblem

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Description

Regional Council Menashe (named after the biblical tribe Manasseh) is situated around Eiron road (road 65), NE to E of Hadera. Est. 1950. Pop. 12,000 in 19 settlements. In my visit I spotted a green flag with black emblem. However the Regional Council sent me a blue desk flag with yellow emblem. The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot), 'Publications Gazette' section (Yalkut HaPirsumim), YP 1039, p. 28, 2 October 1963.
Sources: author's own observation, 2 October 2001; letter from Mrs. Gita Timor, Mayor's Bureau Chief, 10 October 2001; desk flag.
Dov Gutterman, 28 October 2001

According to the bible, the Tribe of Menashe (or Manasseh) was split into two parts. One of the parts received the area in which this Regional Council is situated. The emblem include Menashe symbol: Re'em (Oryx).
Source: <www.tora.us.fm>.
The Regional Council govern 22 entieties (Umm El-Kutuf, El-Arin, Barkai, Gan Shomron, Gan Shemu'el, Kefar Glickson, Kefar Pinnes, La'havot Haviva, Ma'or, Magal, Misr, Mei Ami, Ma'anit, Metzer, Mishmarot, Ein Eiron, Ein Shemer, Regavim, Sde Yitzhak, Talme Eliezer, Alone Yitzhak and Sha'ar Menashe).
Source: <www.menashe.co.il>.
Dov Gutterman, 27 April 2005

Desk Flag Variant

image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 2nd October 1963

The Emblem

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