page_title: Lifta
hierarchical_section_title: Lifta
caption_attribution_description: English: Former Arab village known as Lifta, near Jerusalem
context_page_description: Lifta was a Palestinian Arab village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village was depopulated during the early part of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.
  In July 2017 Israel declared Lifta as a national nature reserve.
context_section_description: Lifta (Arabic: لفتا‎; Hebrew: ליפתא‎) was a Palestinian Arab village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village was depopulated during the early part of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. 
  In July 2017 Israel declared Lifta (called Mei Neftoach) as a national nature reserve.
caption: Deserted homes on the hillside
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