Built over land confiscated from the nearby Palestinian town of 'Anata,[2] it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

It was closed on February 7, 1990, after the Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice to shut down the jail because of inhumane conditions there.

[7] According to one Ta'ayush source, the settlement is built on the property of an Israeli Arab citizen, Abu Salah al Rifai.

[12] Almon is located on a hill near the ruins of the Hariton Monastery and the Prat Stream, between Jerusalem, (Pisgat Ze'ev), and Ma'ale Adumim/Kfar Adumim.

According to Pinhas Wallerstein, then head of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, the road was one of a number under clandestine construction in the area.

[15] The 1988 HBO movie Steal the Sky, starring Mariel Hemingway and Ben Cross, was partially filmed in Anatot, which was used as a location substitute for Iraq.