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BrigidOBrien
SaraPrice
ModelUN
14January,2016
UnitedKingdomPolicyPaper
AlthoughtheUnitedKingdomsupportscurrentIsraelasahomefortheJewishpeople,
Britain'sParliamenthasalsooverwhelminglyvotedforPalestinetohaveitsowncountry,
thereforesupportingthetwostatesolution.
TheIsraeliPalestinianconflictisanongoingissue,thatstartedin1946whentheJewish
peoplestartedimmigratingtowhatwasthenPalestine,theimmigrationcontinuedtothatpieceof
landuntil2007.Thisimmigrationcanbeseeinthemap
PalestinianLossofLand,19462007
(Map3)
.
In1948currentIsraelwasestablishedasastate,butbeforeitwas,thelandbelongedto
thePalestinians.Essentially,thePalestinianpeoplewerepushedoutofthislandbytheJewish
theWestBank,Gaza,Lebanon,JordanandSyria.ThePalestiniansdonotliveinthesecountries
ascitizens,theyliveasrefugeesinrefugeecamps.Thesecampsdonothavesufficienteducation,
electricity,orsubstantialamountsoffoodandwaterforthePalestinianpeople.
Therearehigh
levelsofunemployment,andrisinglevelsofdiabetes,hypertension,cardiovasculardiseaseand
cancer,thewebsitenew.trust.orgexplains(Israeli).
Becauseofthesecircumstances,manyhave
cometotheagreementthattheserefugeecampsareinhumaneandnotsuitableforhumanlife.


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Theserefugeecamps,amongotherfactors,raisethequestionofwhetherornot
PalestiniansshouldbeabletoreturntotheirhomelandinwhatisnowIsrael.Regardlessof
circumstancesthePalestiniansmustendure,manycountriesstruggletosupporttherightof
returnbecauseofitspossibleoutcomes.Theallowanceofrighttoreturnmightresultinthe
IsraelipeoplerebellingagainstthePalestiniansreturn,causingevenmorebloodshedthanthere
alreadyis.However,manyhaveconsideredthatifthePalestiniansarenotallowedtorightof
return,wouldtheirhumanrightbemetintheserefugeecamps?Thisisthedilemmaofthe
PalestinianIsraeliconflict:posingthequestionofwhetherornotthePalestinianpeopleshould
beallowedtherightofreturntocurrentIsrael,keepinginmindthesafetyoftheIsraeliand
Palestinianpeople,withotheroutcomestofactorin.Puttinganendtothiscrisisimmediatelyis
vital,toendthekillingandconflictPalestiniansandIsraelishavehadtoendurefordecades.
Rafat,aPalestinianfromarefugeecampinOccupiedPalestineemphasizesthisimportanceto
endthisconflict(Stories).Mysufferingislong,painful,andcontinuous.
TheUnitedKingdomultimategoalinendingtheIsraeliPalestinianisthroughpeace.At
themoment,BritainisnotstronglysidedwithIsraelorPalestine.Britainbelievesthatthe
refugeecampsPalestinianshaveinhabitedareinhumane,andhassymbolicallyvotedfor
Palestinetohavetheirownstate(Castle,Stephen,andJodiRudoren).TheUKalsoagreesthat
IsraeliandPalestinianpeoplebothhavetherighttoaccesstheirholyland.However,Britain's
Parliamenthasstatedthat,
ItisnotfortheUKtoprescribetheformofanyPalestinianstate.
(UK)Ontheothersideofthespectrum,BritainalsosupportsIsraelinthattheyshouldremainin
theirhomeland.Itisaboutrememberingthelongandrightfulsearchofapeopleforanation,
andtherightfortheJewishpeopletoliveapeacefulandprosperouslifeinIsrael,saysDavid


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Cameron,theUKsPrimeMinister(David).
TheUKbelievesthatthispeaceforIsraeland
Palestinecanbeachievedwiththetwostateresolution.
TheUnitedKingdomwouldpreferto
notusemilitaryactionunlessnecessary,andasalastresort
(UK).Militaryactionmaybe
necessaryifapartybeginsarevoltordoesnotrespecttheirstateborders.
AsseeninDavid
Cameron'sspeechandintheoverwhelmingvoteforaPalestinianstateabove,theUnited
KingdomwouldliketocreatepeacefortheIsraeliandPalestinianpeople.


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