Claim: Saint Peter is from Israel.

Galilee -LRB- הגליל , transliteration HaGalil -RRB- ; الجليل , translit . al-Jalīl -RRB- is a region in northern Israel . The term Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part , divided into Upper Galilee -LRB- גליל עליון Galil Elyon -RRB- and Lower Galilee -LRB- גליל תחתון Galil Tahton -RRB- . In the modern common usage , Galilee refers to all of the area that is beyond Mount Carmel to the northeast , extending from Dan to the north , at the base of Mount Hermon , along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa north of Jenin to the south , and from the Jordan Rift Valley to the east across the plains of the Jezreel Valley and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal plain in the west , including Beth Shean 's valley , Sea of Galilee 's valley , and Hula Valley , although it usually does not include Haifa 's immediate northern suburbs . By this definition it overlaps with much of the administrative Northern District of the country -LRB- which also includes the Golan Heights and part of Menashe Heights but not Qiryat Tiv ` on -RRB- . Western Galilee -LRB- גליל מערבי Galil Ma'aravi -RRB- is a common term referring to the western part of the Upper Galilee and its shore , and usually also the northwestern part of the Lower Galilee , mostly overlapping with Acre sub district . Galilee Panhandle is a common term referring to the `` panhandle '' in the east that extends to the north , where Lebanon is to the west , and includes Hula Valley and Ramot Naftali mountains of the Upper Galilee . Historically , the part of Southern Lebanon south of the east-west section of the Litani River also belonged to the region of Galilee , but the present article mainly deals with the Israeli part of the region .