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Re:LIFTA, Within the Right to Plan is the Right to Imagine Return

25 Nov Filed under Critical Speculation. No comments.

By Mahdi Sabbagh Lifta digital art exhibition poster (Collective MIP) A picturesque ascent overlooking Wadi el-Shami greets every car driving from Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem. The valley is dotted with trees and shrubbery, adorned with a family of stone houses. Those familiar with Palestine’s […]

Lifta 2011

Saving Lifta: Stepping up the Campaign

9 Mar Filed under Advocacy. No comments.

This week, the Coalition to Save Lifta announced that, following a petition submitted on 6 March, an Israeli court had ordered a temporary freeze on plans to build a new luxury Jewish neighbourhood on the remains of the Palestinian village of Lifta.