It was established on land belonging to the Palestinian villages of Qarawat Bani Hassan,[3][4] and Haris.

[6] In 2009, the organisation Peace Now petitioned the Israeli High Court, and laid a complaint against the then Defence Minister Ehud Barak, to order the demolition of 14 illegal structures built without authorization on public and private Palestinian land.

An interim injunction from the High Court on October 1 prohibited construction until the legal issues were settled.

A further request was made on December 29 to find the settlers guilty of contempt for breaching the injunction to stop building.

[7][8][9] In November 2014, Netafim began bulldozing and clearing additional Qarawat Bani Hassan territory, under the protection of IDF troops, in what appeared to be an effort to extend the settlement.