Jubata ez-Zeit was a Syria

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n village situated in the far north of the Golan Heights. According to an Arab

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 resident of a nearby town, it had a population of around 1,500 to 2,000 people prior to the Six-Day War

Six-Day War

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. Towards the end of June 1967, the area was made a closed military zone, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) forcibly transferred half the population of Jubata (as half had left during the war), and the village was razed. In the early 1970s, the Israeli settlement

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 Neve Ativ

Neve Ativ

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 was built on the site of the former village.

Name and location

Jubata ez-Zeit is an Arabic

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 name that translates into English as "Olive Oil

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 Pit," and refers to the olive tree

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s that grew in the village which remain present today. The village was located in a wadi

Wadi

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 whose name is transcribed by Edward Robinson

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 and Eli Smith

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 as Wady Khǔshābeh during their travels in the region in the mid-19th century. The wadi extends out to the southwest from the base of the southwestern peak of Jabal esh-Sheikh.