The Galilee panhandle is a geopolitical strip of northern Israel that Lebanon has not officially claimed but that Lebanon-based armed groups have used as a pretext for conflict. Through 2010 the opening said the territory 'continues to offer a casus belli for militant groups based in Lebanon, although the Lebanese government has not officially claimed the territory.' Today the opening carries no mention of this at all, and the word is nowhere in the article. A reader today learns only the region's geography and towns, not that Lebanon-based militant groups have treated it as grounds for conflict.
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Galilee ( , Etzba HaGalil ) is a panhandle along the Hula Valley in northern Israel .1It contains the towns Metula and Kiryat Shmona and the rivers of Dan and Banias . Due to the conflict in 1920 between Syrian raiding parties and Jewish settlers, the Sykes-Picot Treaty was amended and the area containing the existing Jewish settlements was transferred from the French Mandate of Lebanon to the British Mandate of Palestine . This parallels the cession of the Province of Alexandretta also known as Hatay Province by the French Mandate of Syria to Turkey prior to the outbreak of the Second World War . This territory, together with several other more minor territorial claims, continues to offer a casus belli for militant groups based in Lebanon, although the Lebanese government has not officially claimed the territory. Today the region is home to over 30,000 people, almost all of them Israeli Jews . v t e 33°12′N 35°36′E  /  33.2°N 35.6°E  / 33.2; 35.62
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"Finger of the Galilee") is a panhandle along the Hula Valley in northern Israel that incorporates five municipal authorities.Towns in the Galilee panhandle include Metula and Kiryat Shmona .
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"Finger of the Galilee"), is an elongated geopolitical area or " panhandle " in northern Israel comprising the northernmost section of the Upper Galilee held by Israel, and the northern Jordan Rift Valley .The Galilee Panhandle incorporates five municipal authorities. Towns in the Galilee Panhandle include Metula and Kiryat Shmona .
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A sketch with marked mountainous parts of the Galilee and its "panhandle" The Upper Galilee is marked red; the "panhandle" is the upper right part.The Galilee Panhandle ( , 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. Towns in the Galilee Panhandle include Metula and Kiryat Shmona . The ancient site of Tel Dan is located in the Galilean Panhandle.
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Geopolitical area in north-eastern Israel A sketch with marked mountainous parts of the Galilee and its "panhandle" The Upper Galilee is marked red; the "panhandle" is the upper right part. 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. Towns in the Galilee panhandle include Metula and Kiryat Shmona . The ancient site of Tel Dan is located in the Galilean panhandle.
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panhandle along the hula valley in northern israel
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