Whoever takes the reins will face three big obstacles. First, the Palestine is broke. It relies on Israel to collect taxes on its behalf, which make up 64% of its total revenue. In October Bezalel Smotrich, the far-right Israeli finance minister, decided to withhold much of that cash. The Palestine has since been unable to pay public-sector salaries on time and in full.Lost wages from Palestinians who had previously worked in Israel or Israeli settlements before the ban came to about 48m shekels ($13m) a day also the next Palestinian prime minister does not only need money and power: he also needs a credible prospect of ending Israel’s occupation of the territories it captured in 1967. Otherwise most Palestinians will continue to see the pa as illegitimate, a state-in-waiting that will never become a state. What is your take on making Palestine a functioning state ?

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