Baraachit

Coordinates: 33°10′34″N 35°26′36″E / 33.17611°N 35.44333°E / 33.17611; 35.44333
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Baraachit
برعشيت
City
UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961 (07)

Baraachit (

Shi'a
and Christians.

History

Baraachit is identified with Barashta (Hebrew: ברשתה), a place referenced in the Baraita on the "Boundaries of the Land of Israel" as part of the delineation of the northwestern border of Jewish resettlement following the return from Babylonian exile. Scholarly analysis suggests that this text likely describes a later era, possibly the Hasmonean or Herodian periods, during the 2nd or 1st century BCE.[3] Additionally, the place is documented in the 3rd-century Mosaic of Rehob.[4][5]

Shi'ite population.[8]

Ottoman era

In 1596, the village Bra'sit was named in the

Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a fixed sum; a total of 13,370 akçe.[9][10]

South lebanon map

In 1875,

Metawileh and 60 Greek Orthodox.[12]

In 1881, British explorers,

Metawileh and 200 Christians. It is situated on the side of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable cultivation. There is a good spring and several cisterns in the village."[13]

Modern era

The current Bint Jbeil province was created in 1922 by French colonials.[14]

Following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Baraachit remained part of the Israeli

UNIFIL were being deliberately targeted.[16]
On 11 October 1990 a member of
Israeli Army responded the following day with shelling which killed one civilian. Two Irish soldiers serving with UNIFIL were amongst the wounded.[18]

IDF shelling killed a schoolboy in Baraachit on 24 January 1993.[19]

There was a SLA outpost a few hundred yards from Baraachit and whenever it came under attack the town was shelled. The town was extensively damaged during

Katuysha hits it."[20]

On 8 April 1996 two boys were killed by an IED concealed in a wall near Baraachit, three others wounded. Hizbollah responded by firing twenty-eight rockets at Kiryat Shimona, wounding thirteen residents. The incident is regarded as one of the triggers of Operation Grapes of Wrath later in the month which caused massive destruction across the south of Lebanon.[21]

In 2009, there were 55 members of the Lady of the Assumption parish of the Melkite Church in the village.[22]

Climate

Baraachit

Baraachit enjoys a temperate climate which is characteristic of south Lebanon: Mild rainy winters and arid summers with a few excessively warm days.

References

  1. ^ A proper noun used to designate a place, according to Palmer 1881, p. 19
  2. ^ Baraachit, Lebanon – General Facts
  3. ^ Frankel & Finkelstein 1983.
  4. ^ Abel 1933, p. 309 (s.v. Meraḥseth).
  5. ^ Frankel & Finkelstein 1983, p. 44.
  6. ^ Klein & Hildesheimer 1965, pp. 58, 126.
  7. ^ The World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Chicago 1982, p. 151; The World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 12, Chicago 2002, p. 172; Jūrj Marʻī Ḥaddād, Baalbak, North and South Lebanon: Description, History and Tourist Guide, Damascus 1956, p. 10
  8. ISBN 978-0-312-29336-9
  9. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 179
  10. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  11. ^ Guérin 1880, p. 377, as given in Conder & Kitchener 1881, SWP I; p. 114
  12. ^ Guérin 1880, p. 377.
  13. ^ Conder & Kitchener 1881, p. 94.
  14. ^ Ahmad Rida, Memoirs of History (مذكرات للتاريخ), Dar An-Nahar: Beirut 2009, pp. 138, 179, 180, 183, 227.
  15. ^ Middle East International No 298, 17 April 1987; Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Editor Michael Adams; John Keane p.11
  16. ^ Middle East International No 347, 31 March 1989; John Keane pp.15-16
  17. ^ Middle East International No 386, 11 October 1990, Fourteen days in brief p.15
  18. ^ Middle East International No 408, 13 September 1991, Fourteen days in brief p.15
  19. ^ Middle East International No 469, 18 February 1994; January chronology p.16
  20. ^ Middle East International No 462, 5 November 1993, Cherif J. Cordahi 'Letter from South Lebanon' p.24
  21. ^ Middle East International No 523, 12 April 1996; No 524, 26 April 1996; Michael Jansen p.8; Crisis chronology p.4
  22. ^ "Territory and statistics". Eparchy Greek Melkite Catholic of Tyre. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

Bibliography

External links

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