In the Israeli-Palestinian context there is an intricate territorial conflict based on two different and contrasting narratives of historical, cultural and religious belonging. In this clash, it is the state of Israel that holds power and exercises it through spatial, politicaladministrative and economic control over the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Since 1948 a
continuous process of contraction of Palestinian Territories (PT) has been initiated, this by
means of targeted policies such as the incessant construction of Israeli settlements, the
declaration of military zones and the construction of by Pass roads etc.
The research explores and analyzes the role that planning has played in the process of
colonization of the PT, using planning techniques to achieve political objectives, by making
the strong part prevails against the weaker one. Thus, this thesis aims, from one hand to
demonstrate the ineffectiveness of planning system used by the Palestinian National
Authority in areas of its sovereignty: it is done through the use of analytical and
comparative methodology to study the planning system in the PT and its historical
development and the descriptive method of the impacts of Israeli policy on Palestinian
cities. From the other hand, by using the city of Jericho as a case study, the thesis elaborates
the research issues and advices for better planning and management of the PT based on
future scenarios of the political situation.