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January 19, 2011

Palestinian Authority Raises Palestinian Flag at D.C. Mission 
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Palestinian Authority officials in Washington, D.C., have hoisted the
Palestinian flag outside their diplomatic mission for the first time.
Chief Palestinian envoy Maen Areikat said the symbolic move is a new
step in the Palestinian struggle for statehood.

Maen Areikat: "It's about time that this flag that symbolizes the
struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination and statehood
to be raised in the United States. We hope that this will help in the
efforts, international efforts, to provide recognition of the
Palestinian state, and we hope that, as President Obama said at the
United Nations General Assembly in September last year, that by the next
General Assembly session this year in September Palestine will be a full
member of the United Nations."



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