Located near the settlement of Kfar Adumim, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

[3] In November 1999, Pinhas Wallerstein, head of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, said that residents of Mitzpe Hagit would voluntarily leave the site until the outpost was officially authorized by the Israeli government.

Peace Now issued a report claiming that the Israeli government had approved new caravans there and in other dismantled outposts.

The organization stated that this "testified to the continuation of under-the-table doings in everything linked to building in the settlements.

Shimon and Chaya Ben Dor, who had been among the original founders,[2] claimed that their return had the approval of Ehud Barak.