Wikipedia's first sentence called it “agricultural village adjacent to safed”. Today it says “agricultural village in northern israel”.
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Birya ( Hebrew : בִּירִיָּה , also Biriya) is an agricultural village in northern Israel . Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council . As of 2024 its population was 956. Biriya existed in the Classic Era, as Jews lived in Birya and environs in Talmudic times . In early Ottoman era , the village had a mixed Muslim and Jewish population. Jewish community abandoned the location in late 16th century. By late 19th century, the village of Biriyya housed an Arab Muslim community. The Jewish village was founded in 1946 on a site adjacent to the Arab town of Biriyya . Both Arab and Jewish locations were depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War . In 1971, Under Israeli governance, a Jewish agricultural village was re-established at the site. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Place in Israel Birya ( ), also Biriya , is an agricultural village adjacent to Safed , Israel , under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council in the Upper Galilee . In 1946, a group of pioneers affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement established a pre-existing settlement near the Birya Fortress . It lasted only two years, before being destroyed in the Israeli War of Independence . Modern Birya was founded in 1971. Birya was one of the settlements hit by Katyusha rockets launched by Hezbollah during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Efforts have been made to resuscitate the forest on its outskirts, which suffered severe damage in the war.
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Place in Israel Birya ( ), also Biriya , is an agricultural village near Safed , Israel , under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council in the Upper Galilee .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Place in Northern, Israel Birya ( , also Biriya) is an agricultural village in northern Israel .Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council .In 2024 its population was 956.It was founded in 1946 on a site adjacent to the Palestinian town of Biriyya .Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Place in Northern, Israel Birya ( , also Biriya) is an agricultural village in northern Israel . Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council . As of 2024 its population was 956.Biriya existed in the Classic Era, as Jews lived in Birya and environs in Talmudic times.In early Ottoman era, the village had a mixed Muslim and Jewish population.Jewish community abandoned the location in late 16th century.By late 19th century, the village of Biriyya housed an Arab Muslim community.The Jewish village was founded in 1946 on a site adjacent to the Arab town of Biriyya .Both Arab and Jewish locations were depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War .Under Israeli governance, a Jewish agricultural village was re-established at the site. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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agricultural village adjacent to safed
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agricultural village in northern israel
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