Editing Samaria (section)

===Israeli administration===
The Jordanian-held West Bank was captured and [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|has been occupied by Israel]] since the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]. [[Jordan]] ceded its claims in the West Bank (except for certain prerogatives in Jerusalem) to the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] in November 1988, later confirmed by the [[Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace]] of 1994. In the 1994 [[Oslo accords]], the [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]] was established and given responsibility for the administration over some of the territory of West Bank (Areas 'A' and 'B').

Samaria is one of several standard statistical districts utilized by the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/cw_usr_view_Folder?ID=141 |title=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204115550/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/cw_usr_view_Folder?ID=141 |archive-date=4 February 2012}}</ref> "The Israeli CBS also collects statistics on the rest of the West Bank and the Gaza District. It has produced various basic statistical series on the territories, dealing with population, employment, wages, external trade, national accounts, and various other topics."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/1/Central%20Bureau%20of%20Statistics |title=Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=2005-12-05 |archive-date=2005-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208192804/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/1/Central%20Bureau%20of%20Statistics |url-status=live }}</ref> The Palestinian Authority however use [[Nablus]], [[Jenin]], [[Tulkarm]], [[Qalqilya]], [[Salfit]], [[Ramallah]] and [[Tubas (city)|Tubas]] [[Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority|governorates]] as administrative centers for the same region.

The [[Shomron Regional Council]] is the local municipal government that administers the smaller Israeli towns ([[Israeli settlement|settlements]]) throughout the area. The council is a member of the network of regional municipalities spread throughout Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mhh.org.il/680/288.htm |title=The Center for Regional Councils in Israel |website=Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929092958/http://www.mhh.org.il/680/288.htm |archive-date=29 September 2008}}</ref> Elections for the head of the council are held every five years by Israel's ministry of interior, all residents over age 17 are eligible to vote. In special elections held in August 2015 [[Yossi Dagan]] was elected as head of the Shomron Regional Council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shomron.org.il/?CategoryID=1262&ArticleID=2082 |title=Shomron Regional Council Website |last=Hebrew |access-date=2015-12-28 |archive-date=2016-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106064618/http://shomron.org.il/?CategoryID=1262&ArticleID=2082 |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Shomron map.png|thumb|200px|Map of [[Israeli settlement]]s administered by the [[Shomron Regional Council]] in the West Bank]]

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered by most [[International law and Israeli settlements|in the international community to be illegal under international law]], but others including the United States and Israeli governments dispute this.<ref name="BBC_GC4">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |work=BBC News |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=27 November 2010 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512075554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2016, the Town Board of the [[United States|American]] [[Hempstead, New York|Town of Hempstead]] in the [[New York (state)|State of New York]], led by Councilman [[Bruce Blakeman]] entered into a partnership agreement with the [[Shomron Regional Council]], led by [[Yossi Dagan]], as part of an anti-[[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] campaign.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lazaroff |first1=Tovah |title=In anti-BDS stand, Hempstead New York signs sister city pact with settler council |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/In-anti-BDS-stand-Hempstead-New-York-signs-sister-city-pact-with-settler-council-467880 |access-date=24 July 2017 |date=16 September 2016 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316194950/https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/In-anti-BDS-stand-Hempstead-New-York-signs-sister-city-pact-with-settler-council-467880 |url-status=live }}</ref>