The easy way to understand Palestine

People are always trying to say Palestine is a complicated issue .... it's not really but the arguments tend to go round in circles, so I won't bore you. Instead here's a map the UN has recently produced of the West Bank, which reflect the "facts on the ground".


Now imagine trying to get anything done in that place, run a business, run a government, a hospital, see your family in a neighbouring town. Every time you or something you need (like water, electricity or anything you want to buy or sell) crosses a piece of orange space a bureaucrat can just say "no" end of story. You can't even vote them out, your only allowed to vote for people who don't have any power over the orange space (i.e. the Palestinian Authority).