The New York Times has an opinion piece about the future gvernance of Gaza, which is a roundtable discussion between ...
five Palestinian scholars and analysts in Gaza, the West Bank, Egypt and the United States about what they believe the future holds for their people.
I think the discussion illustrates why the two state solution will not work ...
First, when people ask "what would it be like if Palestinians governed themselves", I'd say that it looks exactly like the present situation. The Gazans are already governing themselves. Israle left Gaza in 2005, twenty years ago. One year later, in 2006, Gazans elected Hamas, and in 2007 Hamas took military control over Gaza from Fatah (PA).. The Palestinians chose a government of religiously extremist terrorists who then spent all the taxpayers' money and all the aid money on building tunnels and weapons. Yes, there has not been an election in Gaza since then, and most Gazans are too young now to have voted then, but from polls it seems that Hamas would still win any election in Gaza now.
The Times' piece shows how many Palestinians still believe Hamas should stay in power, how many think the PLO (the PA) is worthless and should not govern Gaza, how none of them seem to have any awareness of their own share of responsibility for the present situation, and most importantly, how many Palestinians do not believe any plan can include the continuing existence of Israel.
Anyway, the article is worth a read if only to give you an idea of what some Palestinians think about their possible political oprions for the future. I have my own perspective and I'm no political scholar or expert on the region, but I don't see how a self-governed Gaza of the future will work any better than it has for the last 20 years of continuous fighting.
Here's the beginning of the article ...
The Political Future of Palestinians, According to Palestinians
[...] The questions surrounding Palestinians’ political future have become even more urgent since President Trump scrambled the regional calculus, suggesting the United States could take over Gaza and send its roughly two million people packing. (The next day, aides tried to walk back aspects of the proposal.) Coupled with last month’s cease-fire, which paused the 15-month war, we have again arrived at a time when Palestinians are moving fast to figure out how to run their own lives.
Times Opinion spoke to five Palestinian scholars and analysts in Gaza, the West Bank, Egypt and the United States about what they believe the future holds for their people ...