Lifta

Lifta was a Palestinian village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village's Palestinian Arab inhabitants were expelled by Zionist paramilitary forces during the 1948 Palestine war. During the Ottoman period, the village was recorded to have a population of 400 Arabs, all Muslim households. In 1834, a battle took place in the village during the Palestinian Peasant…
Lifta was a Palestinian village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village's Palestinian Arab inhabitants were expelled by Zionist paramilitary forces during the 1948 Palestine war. During the Ottoman period, the village was recorded to have a population of 400 Arabs, all Muslim households. In 1834, a battle took place in the village during the Palestinian Peasants' Revolt. A British 1922 census registered Lifta's population at 1,451, all Muslims.
  • Palestine grid: 168/133
  • Geopolitical entity: Mandatory Palestine
  • Subdistrict: Jerusalem
  • Date of depopulation: January 1948
  • Repopulated dates: 1948–2017 by Jews
  • Cause(s) of depopulation: Military assault by Zionist paramilitary forces
  • Current Localities: Western suburb of Jerusalem

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