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The Administrative Court in Jerusalem today (6.2.12) ordered the annulment of the Israel Land Administration tender for the marketing of lands of the abandoned Palestinian village of Lifta. Press ReleaseMonday, February 6, 2012 In a detailed ruling spanning 22 pages, the Administrative Court in Jerusalem (under the Honourable Judge Yigal Marzel) accepted the petition submitted in March 2011 by Attorney Sami Ersheid in the name of public petitioners, the refugees of Lifta and Israeli human rights organizations (Sons of Lifta Jerusalem Association, Rabbis for Human Rights, Jafra Association, Dr. Daphna Golan, Ilan Shtayer, Salah Siam, Abed Elrahman abu Lail, Radwan Barakat, Daud Abidi, Jalal Aqel and Mohammad Odeh).In its ruling, the Court ordered that the tender of the Israel Land Administration (number 405/2010) be annulled. Thus in essence the Court fully accepted the petition and prevented the marketing and sale of the Lifta village lands ...
Posted Feb 6, 2012, 8:45 PM by Lifta Society -
Summary of court hearing on the petition to stop the tender to lease building plots in the village of Lifta Administrative Petition 8661-03-11By Sami Ersheid, Esq. Following a petition filed on March 6, 2011, Judge Yigal Marzel issued an interim injunction ordering the Israel Lands Administration (ILA) to freeze the publication of the results of a tender offering to lease plots for construction in the village of Lifta. The petition was filed by lawyer Sami Ersheid on behalf of Jerusalem activists including natives of Lifta, the Sons of Lifta Society, Rabbis for Human Rights and the Jafra Association for the Development and Conservation of the Built Heritage and its Environment in the Arab Cities and Villages in the Country. In their petition against the ILA the petitioners requested the court's intervention to prevent the transfer of ...
Posted Jul 9, 2011, 12:41 PM by Lifta Society -
Lifta – an Endangered Cultural, Historical and Environmental Asset The Israel Land Administration has begun marketing plots for building 212 housing units and commercial areas on the remains of Lifta – a village on outskirts of Jerusalem. The planned construction in Lifta is expected to severely harm historical, environmental, cultural and social assets. The tender process and the marketing of plots must be stopped immediately and alternatives that include the conservation and maintenance of Lifta should be examined.May 19, 2011 - The Civic Coalition for Saving LiftaConserving the physical heritage of the VillageLifta village remains are a unique example of a local cultural landscape and of the Palestinian vernacular built heritage that has almost disappeared in this country. According to a report by the Antiquities Authority, Lifta is ...
Posted May 19, 2011, 6:00 PM by Lifta Society -
29 March Press Conference in East Jerusalem: Save the Village of Lifta You are cordially invited to attend a press conference for the movement to Save the Village of Lifta. The press conference, organized by the Lifta Society, will be held on Tuesday 29 March 2011 at 10.30 a.m. at the Ambassador Hotel in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem.Published March 29, 2011Background: A court case is pending concerning the future of Lifta, a Palestinian village, which is located in both West and East of Jerusalem. Lifta has been targeted by the Israeli land authority for the development of a Jewish luxury residential/commercial neighborhood. The plan will lead to the destruction of the village. The Court ruling will decide whether the refugees of Lifta, who were forced to leave ...
Posted Apr 30, 2011, 4:37 PM by Lifta Society -
Temporary Injunction Issued against Tender for Building Plots in Lifta Village March 7, 2011 Press Release Coalition to Save Lifta Temporary Injunction Issued against Tender for Building Plots in Lifta Village Administrative Petition: 8661-03-11 Following a petition submitted yesterday (6 March), Judge Yigal Marzel issued a temporary injunctiontoday ordering the Israel Land Administration to freeze publication of the results of a tender to lease plotsfor building in the village of Lifta. The petition was submitted by Attorney Sami Arshid on behalf ofJerusalem activists, including descendents of Lifta, the Bnei Lifta Association, Rabbis for Human Rightsand the Jafra Association. In their petition against the Israel Land Administration, the petitioners requested court intervention toprevent the transfer of assets and property in Lifta to private hands for ...
Posted Apr 30, 2011, 4:40 PM by Lifta Society -
Letter to the Israeli Association of United Architects to Help Save Lifta Husam Bajis of Lifta and Abe Hayeem Chair of APJP, photo by Lifta Society. ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE 9 February 2011 Israeli Association of United ArchitectsYitzhak Lipovetsky, President 13,Hamigdalor Street , Tel Aviv/Jaffa 68037 Israel Dear Yitzhak Lipovetsky Please help the campaign to save Lifta You may be aware that there has been on ongoing campaign to save Lifta, which has become known within Israel and internationally as a quintessential Palestinian village, one of the few of the 500 villages that had not been completely destroyed by Israeli forces in the war of 1948. Lifta is celebrated as part of a beautiful landscape of ruins, loved by walkers and nature enthusiasts, but remembered primarily by its original ...
Posted Apr 30, 2011, 4:42 PM by Lifta Society -
Save Lifta: nominate it a Unesco 2008 World Monument March 26, 2007 Architects for Peace and Unesco Observatory had adhered to APJP's campaign (Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine) to save Lifta by nominating it a Unesco 2008 World Monument.We would like to encourage all its members, friends and colleagues to sign this petition. Unesco Observatory, Architects for Peace and Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine are supporting the Israeli group called FAST (Foundation for achieving Seamless Territory) in a campaign to preserve Lifta. The Israeli organizations Zokhrot and BIMKOM have also opposed this Israeli real-estate plan. "In a country that sanctifies memory, erasing Palestinian history is not only immoral, it is also foolish. We will not be able to build a future worthy ...
Posted Apr 30, 2011, 4:43 PM by Lifta Society
