Lifta (Arabic: لفتا‎; Hebrew: מי נפתוח‎ Mei Niftoach, lit. spring of; Aramaic for corridor ) was a village on the outskirts of Jerusalem which existed since Biblical times and is named after Pharaoh Merneptah. It was the north most demarcation point of the territory of the Tribe of Judah. In recent history, the last Arab residents left by February 1948. Located in Israel, the village, which was originally five kilometers west of the Old City of Jerusalem, has been overtaken by the growing city. Its still vacant homes and the spring for which it is named are now a park on the hillside between Highway 1's western entrance into the city and the Romema neighbourhood.