Monitor Breakfast: Palestinian Ambassador Maen Areikat

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Monitor Breakfast: Palestinian Ambassador Maen Areikat

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• UN Move About 'Parity' with Israel, Says PLO Rep. Areikat

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  On the 18th anniversary of the signing of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, Palestinian Representative to the U.S. Maen Areikat talked with reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast about the failed promise of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and explained Palestine's recent moves at the UN as an attempt to achieve diplomatic "parity" with Israel.

• Areikat: UN Move Helps 'Keep Hope Alive' for Palestinians

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  Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Palestinian Representative to the U.S. Maen Areikat explained Palestine's recent move for improved status at the United Nations as one designed to "keep hope alive" for the Palestinian people, and as a renewed opportunity for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

• Areikat: PLO Has 'No Plans' to Take Israel to Int'l Court

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  Palestinian Representative to the U.S. Maen Areikat told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor that Palestinians had "no immediate plans" to take Israel to the International Criminal Court -- but noted that Palestine's government reserves the right "to defend the rights of the Palestinian people" nonetheless.

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