 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Rafat has been under Israeli occupation.After the 1995 accords, 7.5% of the village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 92.5% as Area C. According to ARIJ, Israel has confiscated 101 dunams of land from Rafat and land from Zawiya for the Israeli quarry of "Mazor Atiqa".This quarry is now on the Israeli side of the separation wall, and Israel exports 94% of the materials extracted from it to Israel.