Local Government
Formerly part of the Abu Basma Regional Council, Umm Batin currently falls under the jurisdiction of the Al-Kasom Regional Council. On 5 November, 2012 the Israeli Ministry of Interior abolished Abu Basma, splitting it into two smaller regional councils: Al-Kasom and Neve Midbar. Prior to its division, Abu Basma Regional Council represented approximately 30,000 Israeli citizens spread across 11 newly recognized Bedouin villages. Along with the dismantling of Abu Basma, the Israeli Interior Minister postponed regional council elections for Al-Kasom and Neve Midbar until 2017. From its inception in 2003 until its division in 2012, Abu Basma Regional Council had been headed by an official appointed by the Interior Minister. The elections - which had been mandated in a ruling by the Israel Supreme Court to take place in December 2012 - would have represented the first democratically elected leadership of the Council.
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