Karnei Shomron, or Qarne Shomron, (Hebrew: קַרְנֵי שׁוֹמְרוֹן‎), meaning literally "the Horns of Samaria" is an Israeli local council that was first established in 1977. in the north-western West Bank, east of Kfar Sava. It is kilometres ( mi) north-east of Tel Aviv and kilometres ( mi) north of Jerusalem. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) end of 2006 estimate, the population of Karnei Shomron is 6,300. The chief rabbi of Karnei Shomron is Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi. Herzl Ben-Ari is the head of the Karnei Shomron Local Council.