>>A Palestinian state that is demilitarized, that can engage in at least “cordial” if not friendly relations with Israel, is the best hope the Palestinians can get.
I don’t think that there is any willingness on the part of Israel to have friendly relations with a Palestinian state. They would insist that trade and travel be severely restricted and that they have the ability to control and monitor any aspect of Palestinian life that would possibly be used against them. In short, the Palestinians would be serfs, and the situation would be unstable.
That would depend, and change over time. If the Palestinians elect a civilized self-rule government that has a monopoly on the legal use of force, defends its citizens from crime and protects its national interest - in time Israel would lessen various restrictions. I’ve traveled from Egypt and Joran into and from Israel many times over many decades. It’s not an easy process but not overly complicated just takes a lot of time - and those countries have peace deals. It’s may be harder for Palestinians especially those who do not have Israeli transit cards, but shouldn’t have to be harder than it is from the other bordering countries after some time of peace has passed.
But as it is now - or was, at least, prior to Oct 7th - the Palestinians depended on Israel for just about everything. 100,000’s of work visas, electricity, water, sewage, telecom, agricultural and industrial trade, currency, taxation - you name it. They have been living as serfs because they don’t have the capacity or ingenuity or will to do it themselves. They will need a lot of different types of foreign assistance not just for reconstruction but on good governance. The Palestinians will need a national reconciliation of their own and heaven knows by now they should have realized that the path they have been on is unsustainable.