Topic: Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories
Country: Saudi Arabia
Delegate Name: Samuel Ozminkowski
School: Saline High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Saudi Arabia position papers GLIMUN 2013 committees
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank, taken as a result of the Six Day War in 1967, remain the most important obstacle to peace in the Middle East. This illegal occupation has caused significant tension and has resulted in human rights abuses in the region, as the UN Human Rights Council has found. The Israeli Settlements have also caused economic hardships on the people of the West Bank. They have caused ethnic related violence in the region between Israelis and Palestinians in the settlements. The settlements fragment Palestinians and deny them access to basic rights such as healthcare and even water. Though UN Resolution 242 calls for the evacuation of the occupied territories, Israel continues to defy this and continues its oppression of the West Bank. Israel claims that they need the settlements as buffer zones. This is simply not true. They are oppressing people based on a pack of lies.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia supports further UN action requesting or requiring Israel give up its occupied territories in the West Bank. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia supports actions to further UN Resolution 242. It supports action helping displaced Palestinians to be reunited with their homeland, as well as helping them get water and healthcare. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would support measures to recognize Palestinian statehood.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia believes that we will find common ground on this issue with other Middle Eastern nations such as Jordan and Syria.
