Lifta: living history under threat - film-in-progress

The little town of Lifta is one piece of historical Palestine that has managed to remain more or less as it was before the 1948 Israeli war, but now its survival is threatened by the expansion of Israeli Jerusalem as over 250 luxury villas, shops and a hotel.  The Arab heritage, architecture and history are about to be erased by Jerusalem’s municipality.  Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews are standing together against this; the result of their solidarity could be the beginning of a reconciliation and a stronger, secure future for all.