With globalization and the resulting increase in cross-border interconnectedness, we have witnessed the emergence of an increasing number of non-state political actors capable of influencing the authority of states, even challenging many of their functions, reinforcing the idea that state territorial sovereignty is a legacy of the past.However, billions of individuals still see the state as the political, economic and cultural pillar of social coexistence. But for some, statehood remains an elusive goal: this is the case of Palestine, the last colonial issue not resolved by the establishment of a state.
After reconstructing the main stages of the 'peace process', Rosalba Belmonte addresses the social and political dynamics that have affected the Palestinian territories since the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority.It then delves into a broad and well-documented analysis of the factors that impede the emergence of a state capable of self-government for the occupied Palestinian territories, which has turned the repeatedly relaunched, but now unrealistic, “two peoples, two states” formula into a mere rhetorical abstraction.
