CounterPunch: Why the Ruins of a Little Village Called Lifta Still Matter
In the Middle East stand the ruins of an ancient settlement known as Lifta. Archeological digs have traced its’ origins as far back as the Iron Age. It contains the remains of a court-yard home from ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs: Arab village of Lifta, abandoned in '48, to house new Israeli neighborhood
Arab village of Lifta, abandoned in '48, to house new Israeli neighborhood
Al Bawaba News: Lifta: Israel Came And Destroyed a Scenic Palestinian Village
Every Palestinian knows the story of Lifta, a small village on a hillside near the city of Jerusalem. During its war to conquer Palestinian-majority areas of Palestine in 1947 and 1948, Israel ...
JERUSALEM – A 10-minute walk from the bustle of Jerusalem's central bus station, Lifta's crumbling remains are a sanctuary of silence. Residents of the former Palestinian village on the western edge ...
The Times of Israel: Frozen-in-time village Lifta added to list of endangered heritage sites
Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now, Friday Focus and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Lifta ...
Middle East Eye: Saving Lifta: Palestinians rally against latest threat to depopulated Jerusalem village
On a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in March, a few ultra-Orthodox students stripped down to their underwear and leaped into the algae-tinged waters of the village of Lifta. The young yeshiva pupils ...
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