Shayta

{{short description|Abandoned Syrian Village in the Golan Heights}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Shayta |native_name = سحيتا |native_name_lang = ar |settlement_type = Village |pushpin_map = Syria Golan |pushpin_map_caption = The Golan on the map of Syria; Shayta on the map of the Golan |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flag|Syria}} |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Quneitra |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Quneitra District |subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict |subdivision_name3 = Mas'ade |subdivision_type4 = Region |subdivision_name4 = Golan Heights |extinct_title = Destroyed |extinct_date = 1971-72 |elevation_m = 1189 |elevation_ft = 3904 |coordinates = {{coord|33|15|N|35|46|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}} | grid_position = 221/295 PAL }}

'''S-hayta''', also spelled '''Suhayta''', ''S'heita'' or ''Su'heita'', ({{langx|ar|سحيتا}}) was a Syrian Druze village located in the Golan Heights.<ref name=lib.utexas.edu>[http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/lebanon_south_and_vicinity_1976.jpg ''South Lebanon and Vicinity 1976'']</ref> It was one of only six Syrian villages in the Golan Heights still populated following the Six-Day War.<ref name=murphygannon>{{cite journal|first1=Ray|last1=Murphy|first2=Declan|last2=Gannon|title=Changing the Landscape: Israel's Gross Violations of International Law in the Occupied Syrian Golan|journal=Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law|volume=11|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2008|page=147|doi=10.1017/S1389135908001396 }}</ref> After Israel occupied the area in 1967, S-hayta's population census was 176 people, down from 200 in 1960.<ref name="GolanUnderOccupation">{{Cite web|title = The Golan Heights under Israeli Occupation 1967 - 1981|url = http://dro.dur.ac.uk/138/01/18CMEIS.pdf|first = Uri|last = Davis|year = 1983|page = 5}}</ref> In 1967, S-hayta was partially destroyed and a military post built in its place.<ref name=murphygannon/> Israel completely destroyed the village in 1971-72 and its population was forcibly transferred to the neighboring village of Mas'ade.<ref name=murphygannon/><ref name=Fakhr>{{cite journal|first=Sakr Abu|last=Fakhr|url=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/40836|title=Voices from the Golan|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|volume=29|issue=4|date=Summer 2000|publisher=University of California Press|page=7|doi=10.2307/2676559 |jstor=2676559 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Today, its former inhabitants are still campaigning for the return to their village.<ref name=murphygannon/> S-hayta was located near the ceasefire line between Syrian and Israeli forces.<ref name=lib.utexas.edu/><ref name=Fakhr/>

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Category:Destroyed populated places Category:Quneitra Governorate Category:Former populated places in the Golan Heights Category:1971 disestablishments in Syria Category:Populated places disestablished in 1971