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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 ...

An Israeli plan to build in the last uninhabited pre-war Arab village in the country can now proceed after a court-ordered survey of it was completed. Its redevelopment into a luxury Jewish ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Jewish American filmmaker explores conflict in Jerusalem through the prism of a threatened piece of Palestinian history in 'The Ruins of Lifta.' By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic Daum, ...