Residents of Moshav Beit Elazari in central Israel have again voted against accepting singer Eyal Golan as a member, 93 to 50, according to a report by Walla Celebs on Thursday. Golan's lawyer, however, says the singer never submitted a new application and that portraying the vote as another rejection is misleading.
Eyal Golan Moshav Dispute
Moshav Votes 93 to 50 Against Eyal Golan
Residents of Moshav Beit Elazari voted again against admitting the Israeli singer, but his lawyer says he never submitted a new application and calls the reported rejection "a sleight of hand."
According to the report, the vote was held this week. Golan had already been turned down twice by the moshav, a cooperative agricultural village, in 2025.
That year, Golan sought to buy a nahala, an agricultural estate, in Beit Elazari. The plot covers 27 dunams, a dunam being 1,000 square meters, and is valued at about NIS 11 million. The residents opposed the purchase and voted against admitting him.
Golan attended a residents' assembly in person to try to change their minds. He told them he wanted to raise his children in a place with the values he grew up on, but the appeal did not sway the vote.
Golan's camp now says this week's vote does not amount to a new rejection, because he never asked to be accepted again. "Eyal Golan did not submit any further candidacy for membership in the moshav, since there was no need to do so," his lawyer, Tal Gabay, said. "Any attempt to present things as a further rejection is a sleight of hand."
Gabay also said the Registrar of Cooperative Societies had already ruled that the earlier admission process was flawed and conducted unlawfully. In practice, he argued, that ruling means Golan has been accepted as a member of the moshav.
The Beit Elazari cooperative association disputes that account. It said the process was conducted properly and in accordance with the law. The association added that it does not intend to discuss matters relating to membership applications in the media.
With both sides holding firm, the dispute between Golan and the moshav where he hoped to live appears far from over.
