Jubata ez-Zeit

Jubata ez-Zeit
جباتا الزيت
Jubata ez-Zeit
Jubata ez-Zeit in Syria
Coordinates: 33°15′N 35°44′E / 33.250°N 35.733°E / 33.250; 35.733Coordinates: 33°15′N 35°44′E / 33.250°N 35.733°E / 33.250; 35.733
Country  Syria
Governorate Quneitra
District Quneitra District
Region Golan Heights
Destroyed 1967
Elevation 979 m (3,215 ft)
Population (1967)
 • Total 1,500-2,000 (individual estimate)

Jubata ez-Zeit (Arabic: جباتا الزيت‎, Jubātā az-Zayt)[1] was a Syrian village situated in the far north of the Golan Heights. According to an Arab resident of a nearby town, it had a population of around 1,500 to 2,000 people prior to the forced population transfer of the town in 1968.[2]

Etymology

Jubata ez-Zeit is an Arabic name that translates into English as "olive oil pit," and refers to the olive trees that grew in the village which remain present today.[3]

History

Long after the Six-Day War in June 1967, the area was declared a closed military zone in 1968. About half of the residents of Jubat ez-Zeit fled during the fighting. The remaining half were evicted by the Israeli Army after the war.[2] and the village was razed.[4] In the early 1970s, the Israeli settlement of Neve Ativ was built on the site of the former village.[5][6]

Geography

Jubata ez-Zeit was located in a wadi whose name was transcribed by Edward Robinson and Eli Smith 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.[7]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Hanna Batatu (1999). Syria's peasantry, the descendants of its lesser rural notables, and their politics (Illustrated ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-691-00254-5.
  2. 1 2 Murphy & Gannon 2008, p. 149
  3. ↑ Dar 1993, p. 168
  4. ↑ Murphy & Gannon 2008, p. 163
  5. ↑ Humphries, Isabelle. In the Ghost Towns of the Occupied Golan, Five Villages Defiantly Wave the Syrian Flag Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August 2006
  6. ↑ Murphy & Gannon 2008, p. 151
  7. ↑ Robinson & Smith 1857, p. 405

Bibliography

  • Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. (p. 641)
  • Murphy, Ray; Gannon, Declan (2008). "Changing the Landscape: Israel's Gross Violations of International Law in the Occupied Syrian Golan". Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law. Cambridge University Press. 11: 139–174.
  • Batatu, Hanna (1999). Syria's peasantry, the descendants of its lesser rural notables, and their politics (Illustrated ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-00254-5.
  • Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1857). Later Biblical researches in Palestine, and in the adjacent regions: a journal of travels in the year 1852 (2nd ed.). Crocker and Brewster.

Further reading

  • Ray Murphy: Forgotten Rights: Consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights. in David Keane and Yvonne McDermott (eds.): The Challenge of Human Rights: Past, Present and Future. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham and Northampton 2012, pp. 138–163. Article focusses on Jubata ez-Zeit.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.