... for a Palestinian State RAND’s first study, Building a Successful Palestinian State, analyzed a wide range of political, economic, social, and environmental challenges that a new Palestinian state ... recommendations, based on objective analysis, about steps that Palestinians, Israel, the United States, and the international community can take now, and when an independent Palestinian state is created, ... new Palestinian state These demographic realities greatly affect the likely economic and social development of any new state Water A viable Palestinian state will need adequate supplies of clean...