ABSTRACT
After decades of trauma and occupation, the dream of statehood has stalled for the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many reasons explain this, from Israeli policies and international complications to the failures of governance and unity by Palestinian leadership, as well as Hamas. As life under occupation continues to economically deteriorate and global actors continue to propose new peace deals in the post-Oslo era, it does not appear the solution that seemed most reasonable not long ago – a two-state compromise, with a Palestine and Israel co-existent – is possible any longer.
