What the article fails to note is that the Palestinians don't want a state unless they can destroy Israel in the process. There is zero prospect that giving a state to them will lead to peace: look what happened with Gaza since 2005, where Israel forced out every Jewish resident (many who had lived there for 30+ years) and instead of a peaceful neighbour, got rockets and terror tunnels.

The Palestinian leadership and populace make it clear that they will forever insist on "returning" to places their great-grandparents left in Jaffa and Haifa; will mourn the "naqba" (catastrophe) of Israel's creation until they can overturn it; and will never accept a Jewish state anywhere in the historic land of Israel.

As such, Israel cannot afford to hand over land, must continue to control it militarily, and since the Palestinians don't want peace, is entitled to permit Jews to build on empty land.

Meanwhile, full CIVIL control of West Bank cities has been in Palestinian hands for over 20 years.