This Palestinian Master Plan is not very different to what is proposed in the ‘Deal of the Century’.146 However, the Ministry of Transportation denies any similarities between the two plans. According to the details of the Deal, it proposes a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with other additional minor territories, clearly not on the 1967 borders but along the route of the Apartheid Wall. This proposed state is fractured and lacks any continuity. While the PA continues to officially deny the legitimacy of the Israeli-Jewish colonies in the West Bank, it has considered them in the design and development of its transportation plan. “It is possible that the Master Plan is somewhat similar [to the Deal of the Century] regarding the possibility of linking the West Bank with the Gaza Strip, but this does not mean that the Palestinian government’s plan aligns with the Deal of the Century.”147 The dilemma here is that the PA acknowledges that some proposed infrastructure improvement is vital and necessary to facilitate economic growth (to an already struggling and dependent economy under colonization), and ease harsh living conditions for Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. However, due to the Oslo Accords, and other “peace” agreements, and subsequent development plans such as the aforementioned transportation plan, the potential to achieve connectedness through transportation infrastructure are circumscribed to the non-existent authority and control the PA has to implement and impose the construction that would actually restore Palestinian cohesion and connectivity. 146 Trump Administration, “From Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People” (January 2020), available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/ uploads/2020/01/Peace-to-Prosperity-0120.pdf 147 General Director of Transportation, supra 143. 43