Israel’s Last Remaining Abandoned Arab Village, Lifta, Gets Reprieve as Judge Voids Development Plans
Lifta, the only abandoned Arab village in Israel not to have been destroyed or repopulated since 1948, has received a reprieve after plans to build a luxury neighborhood in the western Jerusalem location were voided by a judge on Monday on technical grounds.
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