Palestinians found themselves confined to the West Bank and Gaza Strip as fully separated territories, demarcated by the “green line” and placed under Jordanian and Egyptian control. It occupied all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and annexed East Jerusalem. Six decades on, the West Bank resembles a fragmented archipelago more than a cohesive state territory. Photo: EPA / Tolga Akmen via The ConversationOver in the West Bank, a Palestinian Authority (PA) dominated by elderly men offers little better. Making recognition matterDespite massive challenges, building a functioning Palestinian state is not impossible.