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.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 660 metres (2,170 feet)
- Description: depopulated Palestinian village village on the outskirts of Jerusalem
- Also known as“Liftah”“Me Neftoah”“Mei Neftoaḥ”“Neftoah”“Nephtoah”
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Lifta
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Latitude
31.79696° or 31° 47′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.19239° or 35° 11′ 33″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ5WR+QX
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lifta” goes by many names.
لفتاArabic
LiftaCatalan
LiftaCzech
Mej NaftoachCzech
LiftaDutch
لفتاEgyptian Arabic
מי נפתוחHebrew
LiftaIndonesian
LiftaIrish
リフタJapanese
LiftaNorwegian
LiftaNorwegian Bokmål
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