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Posted by Ahmad on JANUARY-4-2011 #128639

ورد بـجريدة الرائ الاردنيه بعددها رقم 14690 يوم الثلاثاء الموافق 4/1/2011 بان جرافات سلطات الاحتلال هدمت بالامس ( 3/1/2011 ) منزل ناصر يوسف صـيام الكائن في منطقة ارض السمار من اراضي بلدتنا الحبيبه - لفتا - شمال الشيخ جراح. فليشهد التاريخ
Posted by Alla Ayesh on FEBRUARY-14-2010 #103679

Dear All
Im sending my regards to all Lifta People..
Posted by منور on JANUARY-15-2010 #100917

اريد فتح اميلي
Posted by aaronjlevitt on OCTOBER-15-2009 #92045

Hi folks,

I'm making my sixth trip to the West Bank later this month, and my plan is to also spend some time in Lifta photographing and surveying the village in an effort to visually recreate it online. If anyone reading this has pictures they'd like to share (buildings, keys, deeds, family members, or whatever), or can describe the location of their home in Lifta, or would like to contribute a brief blurb about their memories of Lifta, please contact me at [email protected]. It may take me a while, but I'll try to link each of these materials to the home of the person/family in question, so visitors to the website can get some feeling of what was lost when the people of Lifta were driven into exile.

Regards,
Aaron
Posted by Amer Abusaad on JUNE-12-2009 #80110

been al aen wa been al waad lifta ya balad alagdad
waad menna wa meaad waad mena wahna beaad
lanergaaalek ya balady lifta walaw ala zaman alahfad hata
Posted by Roa Zeyna on FEBRUARY-27-2009 #69071

This is a Very interesting website, you find out who your relatives are and can relate to this website more than any other website. My name is Roa Mazen Zeyna, I am from the hamoula of Safaran, I've only been to Palestine once or twice about ten years ago and i wish to go back there one day. I thank all those that helped in the creation of this site.

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Posted by Derar Hamoudeh on FEBRUARY-21-2009 #68357

It is a great webside thanks to everyboy whom support and built this
Posted by Mustafa Khalil on JULY-9-2008 #45312

please sign my name in this list thank you
Posted by hanaa jaber on MAY-28-2008 #39831

My name is Hanaa Jaber and both of my parents (Ali & Naheel Jaber) are from Lifta. I actually found this site when I was planning on visiting Palestine and I was wondering if anyone really knew or had heard of Lifta. I was in complete shock when I found this site. I was so happy to know that Lifta is still not gone and that Lifta's memory still lives on. And I love that this book gets to connect all of us from all around the world. I hope to hear from everyone and I will definitely be back to this site. I hope everyone receives this message in great health. take care.
Salam.
Posted by ahmad m shannak on MAY-10-2008 #37484

hey all
im a7mad shannak from lifta to this is my first time i saw that site but i loved it and wish to keep in touch with all of you salaaaaaaam
Posted by abu murad on DECEMBER-5-2007 #24683

alslam aliekum.. my late mother(may ALLAHs mercy be with and upon her)was from lifta(al najjar) family... we loved and respected our (ikhwal)...i was in lifta (after 1967) few times... i saw the houses of my family...i have few pictures... next time you visit, look at lifta , smile. read Alfateha,and you will never forget that you belong to lifta and lifta belongs to you...they used to say (next year in jerusalem).. so let us say (NEXT YEAR IN PALESTINE)and dont forget to teach your sons to say it ..andthink it...
Posted by ibrahim awad on NOVEMBER-28-2007 #24258

Hi I married into a Palestinian family that is from Lifta. Do any of you know of Insaf Qasem of Ali Awad (my in- laws)? Mahmoud Qasem, Hilwa Khalif? Please let me know.
Posted by aliya mohammad abutaa on NOVEMBER-12-2007 #23382

its really great to know that there is a great website about lifta
Posted by باسل كريم عيده on OCTOBER-15-2007 #21707

hi every body that's great site and i love it
shokran keteer 3ala had el site fio ashya2 mashoftha be7yaty
Posted by Sophie Nabeel Hussein Abuta'a on JULY-24-2007 #18482

Thanks so much for this website.
You made us so proud of our origion, history & roots in our beloved Palestine.
Thanks again & best regards
Posted by Emad Salameh on JULY-15-2007 #18123

Salmai for Lifta, Jerusalem (Al-Quds), and Palestine. To it's people to everywhere they go. We shall never forget you Lifta. Great web site...Amazing efforts.
Posted by Yazan Salameh on JULY-13-2007 #17915

Salam,
wallahi its nice to see such a site with all these nice pictures and articles about lifta and its history!!!
i've been always proud to be a liftawi and i will always be!
i pray to God that one day i would live in lifta while its free!
thank u all for the effort
O God Bless
Posted by mah d on APRIL-27-2007 #15205

I am so proud to be from Lifta the village of fathers and grandfathers which is now under the occupation , my self I born out side our lovely Lifta but still I love it and let my sons and all new generation to remember Lifta as our original village .
Posted by MAHMOUD MOUNJED SIYAM on APRIL-17-2007 #15056

HII ALL
THIS MAHMOUD THE SONE OF MOUNJED SIYAM
I AM IN AMMAN
I SAY HII TO EVERY LIFTAWII
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOOOON
[email protected],
Posted by HUSSEIN-FARES ABUTAA on APRIL-3-2007 #14761

Thanks for a great website
Posted by SAMI ABED JABER on MARCH-11-2007 #14354

Iam originaly from LIFTA ,iam very proud that iam liftawi,i love and respect my people from lifta because they are friendly and nice people .

god plus lifta and it's people

Sami abed ahmad jabr (sufran )
Posted by ابو غالب on FEBRUARY-1-2007 #13363

HI
WHEN FIRST SAW THIS SITE IT WAS BY ACCIDENT BUT AFTER THAT I USED TO CHECK THIS SITE . I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER SEE LIFTA JUST HEAR ABOUT IT THIS SITE UNABLE ME TO SEE SOME PIC OF MY VILLAGE THANX FOR ALL
Posted by Asil on DECEMBER-2-2006 #12142

wow this is awsome. At least this is one place palestinians are free. :*
Posted by Tariq on DECEMBER-2-2006 #12139

Thanks for a great website. My father's family was forced out of Lifta in 1948. As Palestinians, it is important that we continue to share our stories with the world. I've recently made a documentary film about my family's experience: www.belongingthefilm.com Keep sharing the memories.
Posted by lamoush on NOVEMBER-4-2006 #11925

hiiiiiiiiiiii

its nice to find a site for us thx god and nice to see
some pictures of our villiage but hope we can see it one day by real and maybe its great to find leftawya friends here it will be greater
lama m3alla
Posted by Rabie Rabie on OCTOBER-1-2006 #11688

I am a lawyer living & working in Ramallah. Over here, it is about fifteen kelometers far from lifta.
I hope that one day we can go back to lifta.
Posted by Fadi Abdallah on AUGUST-17-2006 #11386

Hi There,

I could not hold myself without expressing my very deep appreciation and greafullness of the efforts you are spending in collecting these valuable informative details about palestine and its volleages.

Am from a small village called Lifta, located beside Jerusalim.

Thank you and good luck, and I would be more than happy to conribute in this honorable activity.

I do want to post an appeal for all of you who are from Lifta and any other palestinian village or town to go to Wikipedia.org and start setting up such details over there and I would appreciate if PalestineRemembered helped us by sharing the details posted on their web site.
Posted by Nisreen Shannak on JUNE-27-2006 #11058

Hi all
Its really great to see this website,
thanks to show pictures.
Posted by MAY GHABIN on MAY-10-2006 #10764

hello;

hope will meet one day again and soon in our great and beloved Lifta.My graandmother game the key to her house in LIfta
Posted by NADIA on APRIL-15-2006 #10630

HELLO! I am very honored to find this website and I'm proud to respond to this guest book.My grandfather was born in Lifta and then left to Jordan and resumed the rest of his life there with never going back,it is sad that i would love to go there but Lifta is no more!
Posted by Rasmyah Hammoudeh on DECEMBER-11-2005 #9999

Wa Salam to everyone!!!! wow when i found this website i must say i was very excited! my father was born in lifta, along with his family. in 1948, he and his family were forced out of lifta, and then grew up in deir debwan and bietin. Nobody from my family has really gone back, we only have a few relatives now in jerusalem though. There are some people who have signed this guest book who father recognizes their families, thats exciting. someday i hope to travel to lifta, i have seen pictures of it, and its soo beautiful! someday inshallah i will bring my father and his family back there.

- Rasmyah Hammoudeh
Posted by rami shannak on OCTOBER-30-2005 #9818

welcome to lifta ilove you tooooooooooooooooooo
Posted by wisam Ziada on OCTOBER-1-2005 #9679

Al-ssalamoalikom,

My parent were born in lifta. I have seen Lifta when I was very young the memory still in my head about the beauty of my village specially the falling water. But at the same time you feel the sadness form what had happend to Lifta from destruction.

thanks to everyone
Posted by Anas Assa'd on SEPTEMBER-28-2005 #9668

ممكن تخبروني كيف بدي افتح اميلي في هذا الموقع واشوف رسائلي ؟



اشرحولي كيف الطريقة
Posted by Mohammad Khalil on JUNE-27-2005 #9053

Hello Everybody

Wow, its really great to know that there is a great website about our lovely hometown Lifta, my father was born in Lifta, and he along with his family was evicted from their homes in 1948. Seeing these great photos makes me want to go and visit even more than ever. Hope that some day we all will meet there. By the way i live in Amman-Jordan now.
Posted by Nakba In Hebrew on APRIL-17-2005 #8678

כפר שיש לו עם
ערב בנושא ההתנגדות לבנייה בליפתא

ביום שלישי 19.4.05 בשעה 19:00
מכון ון ליר. רח' ז'בוטינסקי 43 ירושלים.

עיריית ירושלים מובילה תכנית לבנייה על הריסות הכפר ליפתא. נגד התוכנית התארגן מאבק רחב של אירגונים שונים אשר העלו לסדר היום דיון ציבורי על מהותו של הזיכרון במרחב ואת שיבת הפליטים לבתיהם.

בערב נדון במהות ההתנגדויות לבניה ובהמשך המאבק.
מנחה: חולוד בדאווי
ישתתפו:
איתן ברונשטיין- על הכפר ו"תוכנית הבניה".
יעקוב עודה- על הפליטות מליפתא.
טובי פנסטר- הזכות לזיכרון מרחבי.
יאסר עכוואי- ערביי 48 - זיכרון קולקטיבי ואישי.
ג'ומאנה עודה- פליטות דור שני.
סרטה של האמנית ראידה אדון "פסאתין ליפתא".
דפנה גולן-עגנון - המאבק עוד לא אבוד.

דיון פתוח בהשתתפות הקהל.

עוד על הכפר ליפתא:

http://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Lifta/index.html

עמותת "זוכרות" והמרכז לאינפורמציה אלטרנטיבית

עיתונאי "מעריב" בן דרור ימיני נורא כועס על זוכרות:
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART/922/392.html



*قرية ذات شعب*

*أمسية حول موضوع مقاومة مخطط البناء في لفتا*

بلدية القدس تقود خطة للبناء على انقاض قرية لفتا. وقد انطلقت حملة واسعة
النطاق من قبل مؤسسات مختلفة المناهضة لمخطط البناء والتي طرحت على جدول
الاعمال جدل شعبي حول ماهية ذاكرة الحيز وعودة اللاجئون لبيوتهم.

الامسية ستناقش ماهية مقاومة مخطط البناء واستمرار النضال.

*وذلك يوم الثلاثاء الموافق 19 نيسان/ابريل 2005*

*الساعة السابعة مساءاً*

*وذلك في معهد فان لير, شارع جبوتنسكي 43, القدس*

* *

مديرة الجلسة: خلود بدوي

المتحدثون:

أيتان برونشطاين- عن القرية و "مخطط البناء".

يعقوب عودة- عن لاجئي لفتا.

طوبي فنستر- الحق لذاكرة الحيز.

ياسر عكاوي- عرب 1948- ذاكرة جماعية وشخصية.

جمانة عودة- عن الجيل الثاني لللاجئين.

فيلم الفنانة رائدة أدون- فساتين لفتا.

دفنا جولان عجنون- النضال لم يحسم بعد.

نقاش مفتوح بمشاركة الحضور

لمعلومات اضافية عن لفتا:

http://www.palestineremembered.com.Jerusalem/Lifta/index.html

*جمعية تذكرن* *مركز المعلومات البديلة***
Posted by Abder Rahman Ahmad Ghouleh on FEBRUARY-24-2005 #8424

Everyone please read the article below & if you can help, please do so ASAP. Thanks.

http://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Lifta/Story1381.html
Posted by Nakba In Hebrew on FEBRUARY-1-2005 #8296

لéهي ùéùé 11/2/2005 لùٍن 11:00 ً÷ééي àéّهٍ وéëّهï ىًëلن ùى ىéôْà éçم ٍي ôىéèé نëôّ. ًِéل ùىèéي لàّْé نëôّ نùهًéي هًôéُ çهلّْ îéهçمْ ٍى ىéôْà. ْنéن وه نومîًهْ ىنôâéï ٌهىéمّéهْ ٍي ôىéèé نëôّ, ùْëًéْ لًéن îàééîْ ىنّهٌ àْ ùّéمé ëôّي هىééùل له éنهمéي.
نٌٍن ِْà îّëلْ îّëو (àّىهوهّهل) لèّîéًى àى ٍى لùٍن 9:45. ًéôâù لëًéٌن ىëôّ, ّçهل îé ًôْهç, لùٍن 11:00.
ىنوîًن هىôّèéي ًهٌôéي: http://www.nakbainhebrew.org/images/liftaheb.jpg

àéْï, 050-6314229
وهëّهْ
www.zochrot.org

On Friday, 12 February 2005, at 11:00 a.m. we will hold a ceremony to commemorate the Nakba in Lifta, together with refugees from the village. We will post signs at village landmarks and distribute special brochures produced for the occasion. This event will also be an opportunity to express solidarity with refugees of the village; a current building plan threatens to destroy the remains of the village to make way for Jewish settlement.



Transportation will leave from the Tel Aviv central train station (Arlozorov) by the El Al terminal at 9:45. We'll meet at the entrance to Lifta, MEI NAFTOAH street at 11:00 a.m.

For invitation and other details in Arabic: http://www.zochrot.org/images/liftaarab.jpg



For more info contact Eitan: 050-6314229
Posted by Ashraf on NOVEMBER-10-2004 #7798

mar7aba ,
how r ya lafatwee, i feel special i was born in jerusalem and raised between many lafatwee , could be good and could be bad :), It is nice is to meet other family members who live or were born outside palestine , i did meet lafatwee living in jersy, and i heard there are many of them in chicago ( is there a website for the lafatwe in chicago) . keep up the good work on the site, and thanks for the family tree.

lets get connected lafatwee,
[email protected]
Posted by Riham on SEPTEMBER-11-2004 #7507

Lifta's family tree is really great. thanks everyone for your lovely efforts. everything in here is great :)
Posted by Riham Rayyan on AUGUST-30-2004 #7396

Hi everyone
Posted by h8siam on AUGUST-25-2004 #7367

If you want any of the images which I have uploaded at this homepage, I will be more than happy to send u the full size image which you can use later for high resolution priniting.

[email protected]
Posted by Tarik on APRIL-8-2004 #6457

While born in the United States, I visited Lifta on more than one occasion (once in the 1985 and most recently in 1998). My family's home still stands. While my family still holds on to the memories and the skeleton key that once opened the doors to their home, the possibility of reclaiming what was once theirs is remote. I can only hope and pray that the people that once flourished in this beautiful village and others like it are safe and at peace.
Posted by Bashir ( Raad ) Abou-Sakher ( Abou-Zayed ) on APRIL-7-2004 #6450

Although I was born in Nablus , I am Liftawee now living in Riyadh Saudi Arabia , I had never seen Lifta . I lift Palestine on summer of 1965 , I was living in Rammallah at that time . One day we will all be back Insha2Allah .
Posted by Nabiha Bajis-Zegar on MARCH-22-2004 #6157

Thank you for posting the beautiful pictures of Lifta on this website. My family is originally from Lifta, but I have never seen pictures of it before now. Insha'allah one day we will all be able to call it our home again.
Posted by abu il yoss nuss liftawee on MARCH-8-2004 #6067

I am half liftawee and this is a great site that shows some of what i always wanted to know and hear....
Posted by saed shannak on FEBRUARY-23-2004 #5995

Asalam Alykom
i am from lifta , the most beutifull city in the world .
i have seen many information and photoes about my city from this site i want to thanks every one how work or do any thing to success this work.
Posted by Aiman Hamdallah on JANUARY-10-2004 #5464

Hi every one
Posted by mohammed shhadeh on AUGUST-17-2002 #2770

when iam going with my imagination i saw palestine and when i saw palestine for sure i will remember lifta .....
my father born in lifta but he is in jordan now with us of course, and i love to see my lifta ensha2alaa . and i love to see your e-mail in my inbox please if any one have some pic. or story about lifta send it to me thanks .
and leftawee forever
Posted by Irina on NOVEMBER-6-2001 #903

Hi

I visited what has remained of Lifta during my last trip to Israel. I wanted to get to know the people who inhabited it and what happened to them, so I came to this website. This site does not say it, but Lifta now is inhabited by hippies (or such) from all over the world. They shared their food with me, in one of the homes, and the water from the well.

The view from there is breathtaking. It leaves a really sad impression. I am a Zionist, meaning that I am for self-determination of my Jewish people, as well as for all peoples, but I never wanted any of this. We did not have to harm each other like that. I don't know how we ever get out of this mess.

Please remove "nospam-please" from my email when replying.

Irina
Posted by Myriam Hamdallah on NOVEMBER-5-2001 #901

Greetings to all Liftawees. My father was born in Lifta and lived there until 1948. He lives in Jordan with my mom. My brothers and I were born in Puerto Rico and Colombia and we all live in Washington DC and suburbs.
Posted by hisham on JULY-31-2001 #584

long life palestine
liftawie
www.safeandsearch.ch
Posted by Abdel-Rahman Ahmad Ghouleh on MAY-29-2001 #216

Asalaam Alykum The Lifta Association For Charity based in Chicago, Illinois, will be completing its national directory of Lifatwa in the next few months. So far we have close to 100 entries from 12 States, Virgin Islands, and Panama (hoping for responses from Canada SOON). If you would like to be included, please send your information to [email protected] All replies will receive the directory as well as the Lifta-Chicago newsletters.
Posted by hisham Alyan on MAY-15-2001 #106

I'm a Palestinian from Lifta, born in Kuwait, however, since the gulf war I have been living in Switzerland. I like everybody to know that I will never forget Lifta. Despite the fact that I was not born in Lifta, I will never forgive nor forget what the Racist Zionist have done to me, my family, & my people. If it interest you, I like to correspond with anyone who knows something about Lifta. Please be free to visit my below website. We will return Long Live Palestine www.safeandsearch.ch
 
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