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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 ...

Nearly two years after an Israeli court halted state plans to sell the last uninhabited pre-1948 Arab village, the site continues to crumble.Lifta, burrowed in the slopes at the Western entrance to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yacoub Odeh shows film-maker Mat Heywood around his deserted home village, now under threat from Israeli plans to build a luxury resort Mat Heywood In the soft golden light of a late spring evening, ...

Small clusters of homes dot the hillside near Jerusalem, their sandy bricks standing out amid overgrown vegetation. While their former owners and their descendants continue to live close by, the ...

Built in the 16th century, at the western entrance to Jerusalem lies Lifta, the well-preserved remains of a Palestinian village. Archeological and architectural remains attest to a continuity of ...

Activists say Lifta, abandoned during the 1948 war, must be preserved in the face of Israeli construction plans The ancient Palestinian village of Lifta sits on a quiet hillside minutes from Jerusalem ...

The Lifta Plan, a controversial construction initiative of the Israeli Land Authority first submitted to planning institutions about eight years ago, has unexpectedly reappeared on the desk of the ...

Raised in an American Zionist home and deeply connected to Jerusalem, chef Davis has made the city his home for many years. If the name chef Eli Davis rings a bell, count yourself among the elite ...

The sixth annual Jerusalem Season of Culture, the five-week summer festival that celebrates the capital’s diversity kicks off July 27, offering musical performances, historical tours, parties and ...