[3][4] Giv'at Asaf was established in 2001 and named after Assaf Hershkovitz, a 31-year-old settler from Ofra, an Israeli settlement northeast of Ramallah, who was shot dead by Palestinian gunmen.

[9] The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Judge's decision in October 2009 said "The move was intended to transfer lands owned by Arab residents to the ownership of Jews.

The success of the conspiracy by the accused and his colleagues was liable, with very great likelihood, to have aroused hostilities between population groups in this context that could have been considered land theft.

"[9] In March 2011, in response to another petition by Peace Now, the Israeli government announced its decision to dismantle all illegal outposts built on private Palestinian land by the end of 2011, including Giv'at Asaf.

[11] In 2011 fifteen gravestones in the Mamilla Cemetery were spray painted with red graffiti that said "Death to the Arabs" and the name of the Giv'at Asaf outpost in a "price-tag" attack.

[14] In May 2014 settlers dismantled four homes in the outpost built on private Palestinian property in accordance with a High Court of Justice order issued in response to a 2007 petition by Peace Now.