• Thumbnail for Church of All Nations
    construction of the church: the interior utilizes a stone from the quarries at Lifta, north-west of Jerusalem; and the exterior, a rose colored stone...
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    Karim Ishwa Islin Khirbat Ism Allah Jarash al-Jura Kasla Khirbat Al-Lawz Lifta al-Maliha Nitaf al-Qabu Qalunya al-Qastal Ras Abu 'Ammar Romema Sar'a Saris...
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    Kefar Lifta (كفر لفتا), and situated on the left-hand side of the road as one enters Jerusalem. It is now an abandoned Arab village. The word Lifta is merely...
    27 KB (3,702 words) - 07:52, 27 August 2024
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    Jewish Quarter. The comparatively populous Arab village of Lifta (today within the bounds of Jerusalem) was captured by Israeli troops in 1948, and its...
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    near Mea Shearim and the Bukharim quarter, on the outskirts of the village lands of Lifta, following a quarrel which began when he and his friends tried...
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    'Ayn Karim, Lifta and Malha either fled or were forced out, many of them seeking refuge in the Old City. East Jerusalem absorbed thousands of Palestinian...
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    few hours later, the Irgun carried out a number of operations. An Arab bus making its way from Lifta was attacked in Jerusalem. In two other locations...
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    Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from December 2020)
    of the project pending the evaluation by the Ministry of Transport, which eventually showed that, while the costs rose sharply, forecast demand rose sharply...
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  • groups engage in a series of uni-national and bi-national dialogue meetings and together visit the former Palestinian village of Lifta as well as the Yad Vashem...
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    objective. Further advance was held up by machine gun fire from a hill south of Lifta. The Brigadier came forward to confer with Lt-Col Dear and arranged a brigade...
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    Schneller Orphanage (category Installations of the British Army)
    the people of Lifta a parcel of land outside their village, approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of Jaffa Gate, with the intention of living among...
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    Brigade's afternoon attack on the heights above Lifta; the hill was carried with great dash at the point of the bayonet. The battery suffered one officer...
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