Iraq Burin is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine.

History A tomb on the flanks of the village, to the north side, contained Late Bronze II and IA I pieces.Bull and Campbell, 1968, p. 38; cited in Miller, 2003, p. 166

Remains from the Iron Age I (1200-1100 BCE) have been found here.Jaroš and Deckert, 1977, pp. 24, 33; cited in Miller, 2003, p. 166

The road leading to the village have revealed parts of a mosaic floor, which might have belonged to a shrine from the Byzantine era.Bull and Campbell, 1968, p. 38

Ottoman era In 1838, in the Ottoman era, the village, called el Arak, was noted located in the Jurat Amra district, south of Nablus,Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd Appendix, p. 127 and was inhabited by Muslims.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd Appendix, p. 126

In 1870 Victor Guérin noted it located north-east of Tell, "perched like an eagle's nest on the summit of a very steep rocky hill."Guerin, 1875, p. 178

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted that Arak "is named from the cliff on which it stands, on a spur of Gerizim; it is of moderate size and built of stone, with two springs beneath in the valley, one north, one south; olives are grown on the hill facing the village towards the north."Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 162

British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Iraq Burin had 81 Muslim inhabitants,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 24 decreasing in the 1931 census to 62, still all Muslim, in a total of 16 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 62

In the 1945 statistics, Iraq Burin was counted with Burin, and together they had a population of 1,200, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18 with 19,096 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59 Of this, 1,797 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 8,741 used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 105 while 106 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 155

Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Iraq Burin came under Jordanian rule.

Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Iraq Burin has been under Israeli occupation.

In 2009, the Israeli settlement of Har Brakha took control of 30 dunams of village land, west of the village, which formerly were used for grapes and almonds. In total, Israel has confiscated 291 dunams of land from Iraq Burin in order to construct Har Brakha, in addition to land taken from Burin and Kafr Qallil.The Expansion of the Colony of Brakha at the Expense of Iraq Burin Lands, October 1, 2009, POICA

In March, 2010, two brothers of the village, Mohammed and Osaid Qadus, 16 and 18 years old, were shot dead by Israeli soldiers, in an incident which the IDF said happened because the Israeli troops were "ill-prepared for missions."Two more Palestinian youths shot dead by Israelis in bloody weekend, 22 March 2010, The IndependentRebuke given to Israeli soldiers in West Bank deaths, 27 April 2010, BBC'4 Palestinians' death could have been avoided', 04.26.10, Ynet

In January, 2011, 19 year old Oday Maher Hamza Qadous was shot dead by an Israeli settler from Har Brakha. The villagers said Qadous was farming in the village fields when he was shot, while the settlers said he was throwing stones.‘Palestinian teen was shot dead after throwing rocks’, January 28, 2011, Jerusalem PostTwo Palestinians shot by settlers in 24 hours, January 27, 2011, +972 Magazine

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External links Welcome To 'Iraq Burin Iraq Burin Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons 'Iraq Burin aerial photo, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ Development Priorities and Needs in Iraq Burin, ARIJ Destroying Scores of Trees in Iraq Burin, POICA