Jubata ez-Zeit

 
Jubata ez-Zeit (, "Jubātā az-Zayt") 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 expulsion of the town's residents in 1968.
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.
History.
1967 and aftermath.
About half of the residents of Jubat ez-Zeit fled during the fighting in the Six-Day War of June 1967. The remaining half were expelled from the Golan Heights by the Israeli Army after the war, and the village was razed. One year after the war, in 1968, the area was declared a closed military zone.
In the early 1970s, the Israeli settlement of Neve Ativ was built on the site of the former village.
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.