Taibe, Galilee
Taibe (Arabic: الطيبة; Hebrew: טַּיִּבָּה), meaning "The goodly",[1] is a Bedouin village in northeastern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2008 it had a population of 2,000.[2]
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[edit] History
Remains from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, and Mamluk periods have been found.[3] During the Crusader period there was a castle here called Forbelet.[4] It was probably Hospitaller and dependent on nearby Belvoir.[4] The castle was sacked by Saladin in 1183, and occupied by the Muslims besieging Belvoir in 1187-88.[4] Some parts of the castle still remain.[3]
In 1596, the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers as Tayyibat al-Ism in the Nahiya of Shafa of the Liwa of Lajjun. It had a population of 13 Muslim households and paid taxes on wheat, barley, summercrops, and goats or beehives.[5]
In the "Survey of Western Palestine" at the end of the 19th century, Taibe was described as: "A straggling village, of moderate size, lying on flat ground, and containing several good stone houses. There is one in the middle of the village, belonging to the Sheikh, which is larger than the rest."[6]
At the time of the 1931 census, Et Taiyiba had 43 occupied houses and a population of 186 Muslims.[7]
[edit] Politics
To mark Israel's 60th anniversary in 2008, the dome of the local mosque was painted in the national colors, blue and white, as a gesture of solidarity with the celebration. This came at a time of tensions between Arab-Jewish relations in the region, where many Israeli Arabs vowed to boycott the festivities. Mayor Hisham Zuabi told Maariv newspaper: "We decided to paint the mosque's dome, the most important, dear, and holy site for us, in the national colors. We are all citizens of the state of Israel. As far as we are concerned, there is no difference here between Jews, Muslims, and Christians."[2][8]
Nearly all the residents of Taibe are members of the Zuabi family, one of the larger clans in Israel.[8] One such prominent politician from Nazareth, Knesset member Hanin Zoabi, was elected in 2009 representing the Balad party, and widely supported by Taibe residents. Her participation in the Gaza flotilla (2010) in defiance of Israel's blockade, and her extreme anti-government positions, later led the Zoabi family in Taibe to disassociate themselves from her politics. One resident told The Marker newspaper: "From our standpoint, Hanin is a passing phenomenon. You can't blame us for Hanin, just as we can't generalize and don't blame all the Jews for the views of [Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beiteinu leader] Avigdor Lieberman."[9]
[edit] Economy
The Hmadi fig, a reddish variety with a slightly acidic taste, is a specialty crop grown by Taibe farmers.[10]
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[edit] References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p.167
- ^ a b "Galilee Arabs paint mosque blue and white for Israel's 60th". Haaretz. 12 January 2011. http://www.haaretz.com/news/galilee-arabs-paint-mosque-blue-and-white-for-israel-s-60th-1.243543. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ a b Covello-Paran, Karen and Yotam Tepper (24/8/2008): Et-Taiyiba, Hadashot Arkheologiyot, no.120
- ^ a b c Pringle, 1997, p.104
- ^ Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth and Kamal Abdulfattah (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. p. 157.
- ^ Conder & Kitchener, 1881, SWP, II, p. 87
- ^ E. Mills, ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. p. 81.
- ^ a b Dudu Bazak (4 July 2008). "Identifying with the country: The mosque was painted blue and white". Maariv. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/718/996.html. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ Meirav Arlosoroff (12 January 2011). "Arab villagers in A-Taibeh struggle to be accepted as Israelis". The Marker. http://english.themarker.com/arab-villagers-in-a-taibeh-struggle-to-be-accepted-as-israelis-1.336520. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ The figs of Israel
[edit] Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 2 p. 126–127
- Guérin, M. V. (1880): : Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Galilee 1 part. p.126–127
- Palmer, E. H. (1881): The survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English name lists collected during the survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and explained by E.H. Palmer.
- Pringle, Denys (1997), Secular buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: an archaeological Gazetter, Cambridge University Press, http://books.google.ca/books?id=-_NbE5obqRMC
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Coordinates: 32°36′13.86″N 35°26′40.81″E / 32.60385°N 35.4446694°E
