 It is located inside an area designated as a nature preserve.On 16 May 2006, "Ma'ariv" ran an article claiming that Ma'ale Rehav'am was built on private Palestinian land.Residents filed a suit for slander, and the Jerusalem court ruled on 25 June 2009 that "Maariv" had to publish a correction and compensate the residents with 1 000 shekels each.