...at the hands of militants. Teams led by Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami and Palestinian Parliament Speaker Ahmed Qureia met in Jerusalem, at a location kept secret to avoid media coverage, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian negotiator...

...officials have been speaking in public about the need for a Palestinian state. The speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Ahmed Qureia, said he hoped Blair would move to "correct the historic mistake that Britain committed against Palestinians through...

...an understanding that emerged from behind-the-scenes talks he held last year with Palestinian Parliament Speaker Ahmed Qureia. Under that plan, Israel would quickly recognize a Palestinian state in about 40 percent of the West Bank and most...

...meeting, and the procedures taken in Gaza are not a sign of seriousness from their side," said Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia, who was to have met Monday with Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami. Palestinian officials said they were later...

...Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed soon. "The peace process is clinically dead now," said the chief Palestinian negotiator, Ahmed Qureia. Last month, Egypt persuaded a reluctant Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to attend a Mideast summit. Without Egypt...

...Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz said Ben-Ami was expected to meet late Thursday with Palestinian Parliament Speaker Ahmed Qureia, a senior peace negotiator. The report could not be confirmed independently. The negotiators are to draft a treaty...

...Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met at an undisclosed location in Jerusalem with Palestinian Parliament Speaker Ahmed Qureia and Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat, according to two Palestinian officials who spoke on condition of anonymity...

...toward the end of his term." It was not immediately clear what such a statement would contain. Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia said the Palestinians would not accept any declaration that falls short of U.N. resolutions calling on Israel to...

...state, "he behaves as the head of terrorists and murderers." "I think the world knows who is the murderer," said Ahmed Qureia, the Palestinian parliament speaker. "Arafat is not the murderer. Arafat is the leader of his people." Palestinian...

...first stage: a halt to Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qureia said Monday the Palestinians stressed to the Americans that "we are dealing with two parallel tracks that cannot be...