@InfraBlue,
InfraBlue wrote:I fear that it will end much, much worse than that for both sides.
The Palestinians' ability to harm Israelis has been severely curtailed. I think Israel will be able to limit the Palestinians to only isolated areas of land and keep the vast majority of the West Bank for themselves.
Area C (60% of the West Bank) is already under direct Israeli control.
Area B (21.8% of the West Bank) is considered under Palestinian control, but that is enforced by Israeli soldiers. All Israel needs to do in order to grab Area B is order their soldiers to stop enforcing the will of the Palestinian government.
That means Israel can limit the Palestinian state to Area A (18.2% of the West Bank) without even firing a shot.
And Israel might even choose to take back parts of Area A.
I'm envisioning Area A becoming something like the Gaza Strip, with all the Palestinians crammed into small areas under perpetual blockade that get bombed every time the Palestinians launch attacks on Israel.
This map is slightly dated in that it still shows an Israeli presence in Gaza, but it does a good job of showing the different zones of the West Bank: