The Israeli settlement Givat Harsina abuts on the northern outskirts;[1] Kiryat Arba borders the south.
The existence of the Palestinian villages in the Baqa'a Valley is endangered by land confiscation by the Israeli military, and the continuing expansion of the settlements Givat Harsina and Kiryat Arba.
"[5] On 2 October 2003, a new bypass road was opened between Harsina and route 60, to connect Palestinian land confiscated almost a year earlier.
[6] In September 2003, CPT reported the construction of two new bypass roads and a 2 meters high fence on confiscated land, separating about 100 acres of vineyards from Wadi al-Ghrous owners.
[8] On 19 December 2003, CPT reported the dumping of rock and stone fill on Palestinian farmland in Wadi al-Ghrous and the leveling of paths with bulldozers for new graveled roads.
[10] CPT warned that the probable purpose of this "creeping annexation" was to prepare the land for construction of new sections of Israel's southern "security fence".
[16] According to "Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine", in February 2008, the Israeli Civil Administration issued demolition orders for a health clinic under construction and additional 11 homes and 20 other buildings.