title: Eliad, Golan Heights
text: # Eliad, Golan Heights
  
  Eli-ad (Hebrew: אֵלִי-עַד) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the southern Golan Heights. It falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council and in 2021 had a population of 484.
  
  The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
  
  ## History
  
  Israel captured the area from Syria in June 1967 in the Six-Day War. In 1968 as a Nahal settlement was founded, and became a moshav two years later. It was originally called El Al (Hebrew: אֶל עָל), "skyward", the same as Israel's national airline El Al (as an alteration of the name of the Arab village of Al ‘Al = "the high place"), and later renamed Eli Al (Hebrew: אֵלִי עַל), before assuming its current name. It is named in memory of the initially successful Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who was captured and hanged in Syria.
  
  ## Landmarks
  
  Eliad is home to the Château Golan winery.
  
  The nearby stream, Nahal El Al (Hebrew) or Wadi Dafila (Arabic) is a popular hiking destination and contains the Black Waterfall, named for its black basalt rock and situated closer to Avnei Eitan, and the downstream White Waterfall, named for its white limestone rock and located next to Eliad.
  
  