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Help save the Palestinian village of Lifta from total destruction

By Guest Post • Nov 26th, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Culture and Heritage, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Zionism

Lifta, a most picturesque Palestinian village, lies on the slopes of West Jerusalem below the highway linking it to Tel-Aviv. It has been abandoned since the invading Hagana underground forces backed by the Stern Gang drove the last of its Palestinian inhabitants in 1948 during the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
It was the one single event [...]