26 LINEAR KILOMETERS OF SPATIO-POLITICAL CONFLICT

A walk along the periphery of Lifta’s ancestral lands will reveal a unique social, cultural, and political cross section of the conflict. Lifta is strategically located by straddling along the Green Line. The area is composed by several landmarks including two of the Jerusalem Ring Neighborhoods. Also included is a node of transborder highways, a high-tech industrial park, the separation barrier, and Hebrew University. The Eastern Jerusalem side contains the commercial neighborhood of Bab a-Zahara, olive tree farms, and multiple traces of informal growth. Residential towers emerge when crossing the Green Line. In the neighborhood of Romema, structures dating back to the British Mandate remain abandoned. Rounding out the journey is Jerusalem’s largest cemetery and a view towards the “Area B” village of Beit Iksa.

Lifta

Ramot: Israeli settlement. One of eight Jerusalem Ring Neighborhoods,1974

Ramot: Security barrier overlooking Shufat

Transborder Highways: Tel Aviv-Jerico and Ramallah-Bethlehem

Har Hotzvim: Campus of Science-Rich Industries,1970

Givat HaMivtar: Israeli settlement,1970

Tzameret Habira (view towards Shufat and Anata): Israeli settlement,1972

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Mount Scopus campus,1925

Isawiya: Palestinian neighborhood and portal to the E1 zone

Bab a-Zahara: Palestinian neighborhood and commercial center

Bab a-Zahara: Olive tree farm

Bab a-Zahara: Traces of informal growth and subsequent demolition

Sanhedria: Neighborhood straddling the Green Line,1967

Romema: Founded during the British Mandate of Palestine,1921

Bridge of Strings: Entrance to the western city, 2008

Lifta: Ongoing occupation

Har HaMenuchot: Jerusalem Cementery,1951

Beit Iksa: Palestinian village located in Area B