Galilee panhandle

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. [1] 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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