Topic: The Situation in Israel/Palestine
Country: Cambodia
Delegate Name: Jack Starling
School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Cambodia position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
In the 19th century, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and World War I, a british administered state known as Palestine emerged. As tensions rose between muslims and jews in the state, the United Nations passed resolution 181 in 1947, which called for a partition of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states. It divided former Mandatory Palestine into the country of Israel, the Palestinian state, and a Special International Regime of Jerusalem. It ended British Mandate and withdrew british armed forces from the state. This resolution gave land for a national home for the Israeli Jews, but Arab Palestine wanted to reject it. It did not give all the land that was promised by British Mandate to Arab Palestine and Palestine didn’t want to share their homeland with Israel. Soon, a conflict arose. Resolution 141 was an attempt to end the conflict, but neither state could cooperate. This failed resolution led to a refugee crisis, which further intensified the conflict. In 1967, the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Golan Heights switched hands from Palestine to Israel in the Six-Day War. An attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem forced Israel to up their security measures to stop an attack from happening again. All these factors add to tensions between Palestine and Israel that will inevitably end up in a dangerous conflict. If at all possible, Cambodia wants to try for a peaceful resolution to this conflict before more innocent bystanders are caught in the crossfire.
The Kingdom of Cambodia, while proposing a peaceful resolution, would like to support the Palestinian State in their endeavours. Cambodia would like to advocate for the confirmation of Palestine to be recognised as a country and for the Palestinian people to regain rights. In 2004, Palestine agreed to promote and develop peace and security in South Asian borders. So, Cambodia would like to return the favor.
The Kingdom of Cambodia calls other countries to action, to take measures to stop Israel and the injustices that they have done the the Palestinian people. Cambodia supports a peaceful version of a two-state solution. The Israeli people, then, would not be displaced, but then Palestine would still regain some of it’s lost land, including the Gaza Strip and Golan Heights.
