ABSTRACT
The main intention of the Palestinians, when they declared the establishment of a Palestinian State in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, was to bring about a change in the region, although such a State will lack basic geographical and economic components. A few years ago when Israel had in principle agreed upon the establishment of a Palestinian State in the territories, the agreement was determined by a statement that there would be no return of refugees to the 5 June 1967 boundaries; that the settlements near Jerusalem and those adjacent to the eastern side of the “Green Line” would be annexed to Israel; that the settlers who preferred to remain under the Palestinian Authority would gain a special status, as well as the Palestinians included in the annexed blocs; that Jerusalem as the capital of Israel would never be divided again; and that the Palestinian State would be demilitarized and prohibited from signing military agreements with other countries. But despite all that, the Palestinian Authority is making efforts to establish a State that may create a distorted and unreasonable geographical territory that may not be able to function properly. It is, therefore, worth describing and analyzing from a spatial point of view the main geographical conditions of such a State to be created in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
