A little over a month into the Hamas-Israel war and a bit over two weeks since major Israeli combat operations began in the Gaza Strip, postwar governance for the territory is top of mind. While figuring out a viable plan is a necessary step in ending the current conflict and preventing the reemergence of Hamas or another group, anything resembling sustainable peace will require a future plan for the other Palestinian territory: the West Bank. In many respects, the West Bank is a far more complex puzzle, given that it is populated by both Palestinians and Israeli settlers (and a continual Israeli military presence), has a population (combining both Palestinians and Israelis) that is at least one-third larger than Gaza's, encompasses a territory that is vastly larger than Gaza, and borders (or comprises, depending on who you ask) East Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim as their capital. Without confronting the challenges...
