ABSTRACT
Both Israel and the two Palestinian entities – the PA and the Hamas – wish to control all the territory that is now the state of Israel, including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank, Israel, Hamas and the PA have maintained a fragile status quo. The West Bank and the Gaza Strip served as a battlefield between Palestinians and Israel mostly in 1987–1993 and in 2000–2005. The security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank has also helped protect Israeli Jews, those who live inside the West Bank as well as outside it. Jordan should be part of the solution by helping create a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In 2013–2014 Israel's security services foiled sixty-four attempts to kidnap Jews in the West Bank. The IDF discovered many tunnels and secret hiding places containing explosive devices and grenades in the West Bank.
