ABSTRACT
In 2013, it was the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (otherwise known as the Oslo Accords). This, and subsequent agreements, led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) as an interim administration in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. But even with the assistance of billions of dollars of aid, the creation of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state was no closer. This chapter critically assesses the reasons for this. It takes as its starting point that the PA offers a unique case study of neoliberal quasi-statebuilding in the highly securitized context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, at the foundation of which is a process of colonization. It then proceeds to undertake three tasks through which the chapter is structured.
