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![[Local Council of Metula (Israel)]](../images/i/il-metula.png) (source) | 2:3    Coat-of-arms adopted 21 January 1960 |
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The northmost local council in Israel. Situated in the top of
Etzba HaGallile (finger of Galilee) on the Lebanese
border. Local Council Metula was founded in 1896 and got 2,000
inh. The flag is white with the emblem in natural colors. No
inscription. The municipal emblem was published in the official
gazette (Rashumot, Yalkut ha-Pirsumim), YP 734, 21
January 1960.
Source: author's own observation, 18 September 2001; this website [retrieved].
Dov Gutterman, 2 October 2001
I reported a white flag at my first visit, but in further
visits, I saw also other variants (yellow and light blue).
Metula was founded in 1896 by 59 families of agriculture workers
on land bought in the Druze's Umm-Tula village (hence the name).
Acording to Anglo-French agreement of 1919, it was under French
jurisdiction, but following the Arab and Druze revolt against the
French, it was decided to move the Jewish settlements into
British control, and the border line was drawn according their
position and therefore touch Metula residential boundaries (as it
was the most northern Jewish village). So Metula found itself
under British control thou its fields under French control. This
unique situation made it a perfect place for illegal immigration.
According to the cease fire agreements with Lebanon, the border
line was determined according to the Anglo-French agreements and
Metula lost access to its fields, now in Lebanon. It became a
target to attacks from Lebanon. The Lebanese internal conflict
brought to the opening of the "good fence" in 1976.
Today, Metula is based a lot on tourism. It hosts the Farmer
House Museum, Canada Sport Center and situated near Ayun river
waterfalls reservation. Metula is a local council since 1949.
Sources: www.metulla.muni.il [retrieved],
www.zimmeril.com [retrieved].
The emblem (as other 19th century colonies' emblems) is a bit
complicated. One can identify the snowy Hermon mountain
overlooking the fields on one side, and an Ayun river's waterfall
on the other.
Dov Gutterman, 27 April 2005
Photo of a banner with the emblem of Local Council of Metula,
taken on 21 March 2024 at a ceremony to commemorate the battle of Tel Hai in 1920
(original photo source)
(Battle of Tel Hai: see Tel-Hai Trustees;
Flags on a Zionist Youth March (1937)).
located by William Garrison, 29 March 2024
![[CoA]](../images/i/il)lcmtl.jpg)
(source)
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