Located two kilometres south-east of Susya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hebron Regional Council.

Mitzpe Yair was established by Meir Am-Shalem in October 1998, and, according to Gideon Levy, was a price tag operation set up as Magen David Farm in retribution for the murder of a Susya settler, Yair Har-Sinai, after whom it was subsequently renamed.

[1] Mitzpe Yair is an unauthorized settlement that is regarded as illegal by the Israeli regional administration.

A vineyard in a wadi, planted on privately owned Palestinian land, and run by Elad Movshoviz, produces 7,000 bottles per annum.

A legal case on the ownership of the area was, as of 2012, pending before the Israeli High Court of Justice.