Galilee panhandle
The Galilee panhandle (Hebrew: אצבע הגליל, Etzba HaGalil (lit. "Finger of the Galilee"), is an elongated geopolitical area or "panhandle" in northern Israel comprising the northernmost section of the Upper Galilee, and the northern Jordan Rift Valley. The Galilee Panhandle incorporates five municipal authorities. [1] Towns in the Galilee panhandle include Metula and Kiryat Shmona.
The ancient site of
Geography
The Galilee panhandle is a narrow strip of land running from the
History
In 1920, the
During
Cross-border raiding[8] and rocket attacks from Lebanon have been an ongoing problem for communities in the Galilee panhandle[9] In November 2011, rockets were fired into Israel, landing near the border. The incident was called "a dangerous reminder" of the 34-day war in 2006 against Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.[10]
See also
- Geography of Israel
- Good Fence, an epithet for Israel's mountainous 80-mile northern border with Lebanon after the 1978 South Lebanon conflict
- Upper Galilee Regional Council
References
- ^ The Sources of the Jordan River, Humans and Nature
- ^ "N. Blanford, The Seven Villages: Origins and Implications" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ An Empire in the Holy Land: Historical Geography of the British Administration in Palestine, 1917-1929, Gideon Biger, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1994, p.181
- ^ An Empire in the Holy Land: Historical Geography of the British Administration in Palestine, 1917-1929, Gideon Biger, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1994, p.58
- ^ An Empire in the Holy Land: Historical Geography of the British Administration in Palestine, 1917-1929, Gideon Biger, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1994, p.274
- ^ Benny Morris, 1948. A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, 2008, p.161.
- ^ Benny Morris, The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp.249-252
- ^ "Peace Building Academy: Lebanon conflict briefing". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ Rocket hits Galilee panhandle
- ^ Israel claims rocket attack from Lebanon