Neve Ativ (), is an Israeli settlement organized as a small Alps-styled moshav in the Golan Heights. Located on the slopes of Mount Hermon, west of Majdal Shams.[ Israel & the Palestinian territories, p. 271, Lonely Planet Israel, Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet, 2007, , , accessed December 18, 2009] it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, though the Israeli and United States governments dispute this.[ ‘Golan Heights is part of northern Israel,’ White House says after Hezbollah attack The Jerusalem Post. 29 July 2024]
Etymology
The name Ativ is an
acronym for four fallen soldiers from the Egoz Reconnaissance Unit killed in action in the Golan:
Avraham Hameiri,
Tuvia Ellinger,
Yair Elegarnty, and
Binyamin Hadad. Neve means
Oasis.
History
Israel and Syria fought major battles in the area in 1967 and 1973, and it remains a strategic military position.
[ Israel handbook: with the Palestinian Authority areas, Footprint handbooks, Dave Winter, Footprint Travel Guides, 1999, , , accessed December 19, 2009] Neve Ativ was built on the land of the destroyed
village of
Jubata ez-Zeit.
[, p. 151] It was founded in 1972, when the Golan region was a part of the Israeli Military Governorate, governed by military occupation system. In 1981, the area of Golan was unilaterally annexed by Israel.
In November 1996, a dining room in the settlement was set on fire and the walls on the building had "Down With the Occupation" and "The Golan Belongs to Syria" painted on them. Pro-Syrian Druze were believed to be behind it.
Economy
The moshav's main industry is
tourism. Neve Ativ operates the nearby Mount Hermon ski resort,
which has of ski runs on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon.
[ Sandler, Neil, "As Israelis debate the fate of the Golan, skiers and investors flock to its slopes", August 8, 1994, accessed April 18, 2015] The resort was destroyed in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, but re-opened the following year.
[ "Ski resort back in business," Chicago Tribune, March 7, 1975, accessed December 18, 2009]
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