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Lifta
District of Jerusalem
لفتا - ליפתא
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value

Israeli occupation date January 1, 1948

Distance from district center 5 (km) West of Jerusalem

Elevation from the sea 675 (meters)

Map location See location number #4 on the map

Israeli acts of terror Six people were gunned down on the 28th December 1947 when Jewish terrorists (probably from Begin's IZL or the Stern gang) shot them in the village coffee house.

Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops

Village remains
after destruction by Israelis Lifta was mostly destroyed with the exception of few deserted houses (including the village mosque and its club) and some houses are used by homeless and hippie Israelis, see Pictures section for details.

Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis Soon after the terror act on Lifta's coffee house, its population was terrorized repeatedly into leaving by Menachem Begin's IZL and Yitzhak Shamir's Stern terror gangs. By February 1948, the village was completely emptied and all of its inhabitants were trucked to East Jerusalem.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab 7,780

Jewish 756

Public 207

Total 8,743

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum)

Area planted w/ olives 1,044 0

Planted W/ Cereal 3,248 288

Built up 324 102

Cultivable 3,248 288

Non-Cultivable 4,415 366

Population
before occupation

Year Population

1596 396

1922 1,451

1931 1,893

1945 2,550

1948 2,958

Est. Refugees 1998 18,165

Number of houses In (1931): 410 (includes Schneller's Quarter)

Town's name through history During the Biblical and Roman periods, Lifta was known by Nephtoah, the Byzantines called it Nephtho, and the Crusades referred to Lifta with Clepsta.

Schools Lifta had two elementary schools, one was for boys and the other for girls.

Notable people from town In 1834, Lifta was the site of a battle in which the Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pasha (the son of Muhammad Ali) defeated local rebels led by a prominent local ruler, al-Shaykh Qasim al-Ahmad.

Religious institutions One mosque (remain standing)

Shrines/maqams A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Badr.

Nearby wadies & rivers The village overlooks Wadi Salman, also Wadi al-Shami was used for agriculture and providing irrigation water.

Water supplies Lifta's drinking water was drawn from a spring in Wadi al-Shami, see Pictures section for details.

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands Currently, it is the suburbs of West Jerusalem.

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Most of the houses remaining on the site are deserted, although some have been restored for the use of Jewish families. A basin that had been built around the spring in Wadi al-Shami lies in ruins. The mosque and the village club are still visible, north of the spring. Adjacent to the mosque, on the western side, is a cemetery covered with bushes and wild grass

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Stories and Memories

Pictures

General view of the village, 1928

General view of the village, 1986

An arched village stone house, 1986

A deserted village house, 1986

Lifta's students during the a physical education class, 1947

LIFTA's FAMILY TREE

Lifta is proud of our children

A couple of arched window for a destroyed house, 1990s

Inside a destroyed house in lifta, 1990s

Demolished & Abandoned houses in Lifta,July 1999

Abandoned house in Lifta, July 1999

Lifta's spring/nabe', July 1999

A Cluster Of Abandoned & Destroyed Lifta Houses, 1990s

General View Of Lifta,, 1990s

General View Of Lifta, 1950

General View Of Lifta(#2), 1950

Lifta ruins, photo taken by Hussam Siam on 22/8/2004

The remains of an old house in the middle of lower Lifta - photo taken by Hussam Siam

An old house with a huge arch in its backyard - photo taken by Hussam Siam

The inside of an abandoned house with food remains left by junkies - photo taken by Hussam Siam

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
Hasan Issa	Sofran	KUWAIT
Deya Ghabayen	Ghabayen	CALIFORNIA, USA
Ahmad m shannak	الغـــبـــن	AMMAN, JORDAN
Hassan Al-Dahin	AL-DAHIN / MOQBEL	ESTREN PROVICE, SAUDI ARABIA
مـــوســى عــيــد	عـــيــد	RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
SALEEM EASA SALEEM FARHAN	FARHAN	AMMAN, JORDAN
Nabeel Qasem	Kahlaf	-
Anas Abu Leil	العيدة	PALESTINE-JERUSALEM
Haneen Awwad	Alayadah	USA
Kareem Awwad	Alayadah	-
MALIK KASSIM	Saad	KANSAS, KANSAS
Jamal Abutaa	-	LAGRAVE, FRANCE
MAYSA	-	-
رنا عمران الطرشه	سعد	-
MOH-D BADER	غبن	الاردن
Ajy2015	مقبل	JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
Firas Ata Abu Taa	-	-
Nessma Shannak	Ghaben	AMMAN, JORDAN
Basel awwad	Ayadeh	MO, USA
رندة سمير شكري أسعد	أسعد	OH, USA
Mohammed Aqel	Aqel	RIYADH, KSA
Nader Adawiya	Meqbel	AMMAN, JORDAN
BASHIR AWWAD	AL AYADAH	EDMONTON, CANADA
Rafat Shannak	Geban	AMMAN, JORDAN
Ahmad Abutaa	Meqbel	DUBAI, U.A.E
Emad Salameh	Sa'ed	-
Liftawia	Ayada	CALIFORNIA, USA
Ali abed no'man abdulrahman	Ghabin	JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
SAAD ABOU SAKHER ( ABOU ZAYED 0	MUKBEL	RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Abou-Zayed	MEQBEL	RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
خليلية	خليلية	جبع
Essam Nassar	Saad	-
Mustafa Awwad	Ayadah	AMMAN, JORDAN
HUSSEIN-FARES ABUTAA	-	N.C, U S A
Sa'ed Shannak	Gaben	AMMAN, JORDAN
Adnan D. Khalil	Sa'ad	AMMAN, JORDAN
Ayman Khalaf	Sa'ad - Khalaf	-
AHMAD OMAR	Ghaben	NJ, UNITED STATES
Rabie Rabie	Sofran	PALESTINE, +970(02)2985539
Abu Muhammad	Mukbel	AMMAN, JORDAN
Nasser	Ayadeh	BYADER WADI SSER, JORDAN
Mah d	-	JORDAN, JORDAN
ابو غالب	الحمارشه	JINEN, JINEN
Nadia AL Liftawi	-	CALIFORNIA, U.S.A
Nabil	Lifta	-
ABLA ALHAJ OMAR	GHABIN	MICHIGAN, USA
Rasmyah Hammoudeh	Hammoudeh	CA, USA
Kamal Majed Shannak	Lifta	-
Naser Abu Leil	Aiada	PALESTINE, PALESTINE
Islam Shannak	Ghaben	AMMAN, JORDAN
Hatem Awwad	Al-aidah	CANADA
NASSIR SHANNAK	Ghaben	JORDAN, JORDAN
Abu Yaman	Ghabin	JORDAN, JORDAN
Nabil Issa	Moqbel	QUEBEC, CANADA
Ismail EL-Liftawi	Abbuta	PA, U.S.A
Lamoush	-	AMMAN
Mohammad Khalil	Sa'ad	AMMAN, JORDAN
Raed Issa	Sofran	NSW, AUSTRALIA
KHALIL Farhan	Sa'ad	-
Mustafa ismail	Ayaadah	SAUDI ARABIA, SAUDI ARABIA
Mohammadl shanak	Shanak	AMMAN 11183, JORDAN
Waleed ali ismail Siam	MOQBEEL	JAPAN, JAPAN
Ashraf	Al Ayaadeh	USA/CT - ALQUDS
Musa Abu-Shalback	Ghbin	IL, U.S.A
Anas Assa'd	Gaben	AL-AIN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
H8siam	-	PALESTINE, PALESTINE
Lena - Nadia Qasim	Qasim- Khalaf	-
Mohammad - Jihad Qasim	Qasim- khalaf	US
Laila Qasim	Qasim Khalaf	US
Ala'a Adawieh	Moqbel	AL KHOBAR, SAUDI ARABIA
Fadi Siyam	Mogbel	PALESTINE, PALESTINE
ABOU ZAYED	MOGBEL	RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Wessam Al-Dahin	Muqbil	KHOBAR, 12345
Nabiha Bajis-Zegar	Moqbel	IL, IL
DAHINI	Muqbil	AL-KHOBAR, K. S. A.
Jamil Al-isis	Sa'ad	AMMAN, JORDAN
Aiman Hamdallah	Ghaben	-
Wael abed husain shannak	-	AMMAN
Myriam Hamdallah	Gabin	-
Mohamad Hamdallah	Gabin	-
Wa'el Shannak	Ghaben	PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A
Sameer Ihmeadan	Sofran	-
Hussam Siam	Siam	JERUSALEM, PALESTINE
Said Awwad	Ayadeh	-
Kodsaweyeh	Sbitan	U.A.E
MOFEED ADAWIYA	MOQBEL	KSA, KSA
Elza Saleh	Saleh	-
Ehsan Hamideh	Sa'ad	ALJUBAIL, K.S.A
Suzan Najjar	Ayadeh	AMMAN, JORDAN
Kariman Najjar	Ayadeh	AMMAN, JORDAN
Randa Najjar	Ayadeh	SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
YOUSEF ABUTAA	-	VA, VA
Nijmeh Liftawi	Ghaben	NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Hani Shannak	Ghaben	-
Omar Khalaf	Sa'ad	AMMAN, JORDAN
Khaled Naser	Ayadeh	PUERTO RICO, USA
Riham Rayyan	Sa'ad	CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
Rami AbuGhazaleh	-	-
Mohammed Adawieh	Mekbel	DAMMAM, KSA
Mohammed Adawieh	-	-
Kodsaweyeh	Sbitan	U.A.E
Dr. khadijah hamdallah rashid	Ghaben	PUERTO RICO
Musa Hammudeh	Hammudeh	AMMAN, JORDAN
Hazem Siam	Mekbel	JORDAN, TAREQ
Mohammed Khalaf	Sa'ad	AL-AIN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Imad Obeidi	Ayadeh	WORCESTER, USA
Khalid Spetan	Spetan	-
Hisham Alyan	-	SWITZERLAND
RASHID	Dar gabin	P.R, US
Abdel-Rahman Ahmad Ghouleh	El-Ghouleh (Mikbel)	IL, USA
Ismail Najjar	Ayadeh	QUEBEC, CANADA
Husam Abed Al-Karim B. Hussain Khalil	Al Shaikh Ahmad	-
UmmNidaal	SbItan	U.A.E
Bashir ( Raad ) Abou-Sakher ( Abou-Zayed )	MEGBEL	RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

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