Mitzpe Yair is an unauthorized settlement that is regarded as illegal by the Israeli regional administration. In 2007
Peace Now revealed that a police superintendent was residing there despite its illegal status. The officer was ordered to evacuate his house by July that year. The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the West Bank
illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this in regard to those settlements who do have state authorization. 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. ==References==