Lebanon was thrown in because he showed a map of Ancient Israel, and haider thought he was also going to drag the Lebanese into it. Technically, they only wanted South Lebanon, but we all know how that turned out, didn't it?![]()
Found this online
When the French Mandate government conducted the 1932 census, it enumerated 861,399 Lebanese, including those living abroad, most of whom were identified as Christians. The distribution of parliamentary seats among the confessions was based on the findings of the 1932 census; the ratio of six Christians to five Muslims, including Druzes, has been retained.
And there has been no real Census since then.
As upthread, the Area was all administered as Syria until 1888, excepting the area around Jerusalem, that was removed from Syrian control before that
Historically, the areas of Tyre and north of that, was never considered part of Israel, while the areas south of Acre, was. The main dividing line, was the River Jordan and Dead Sea, though ancient Israel did have areas across the Jordan