In the immediate aftermath of the 1967 Middle East War, the Syrian Arab village of Jubata Ez-Zeit was occupied by the Israeli military. Subsequently, the village became a closed military zone, its people removed and forcefully prevented from returning. The village was later completely destroyed and in the early 1970s the Israeli settlement ‘Neve Ativ’ was established in its place.

Uniquely, this report focuses on the international humanitarian law violations and the human dimension of Israel’s occupation of the Syrian Golan concentrating specifically on the case of Jubata Ez-Zeit.

The report was produce by Al Marsad, the Arab Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Golan and co-authored by Declan Gannon, legal researcher Al- Marsad, and Dr. Ray Murphy, senior lecture Irish Center for Human Rights.

Israel’s Gross Violations of International Law in the Occupied Syrian Golan