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	Ahmed Qurei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei (or Qureia; Ø£ØÙØ¯ Ø¹ÙÙ ÙØÙØ¯ ÙØ±ÙØ¹), also known as Abu Alaa (Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø¹ÙØ§Ø¡) (born 1937) was the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and is currently Prime Minister and holds the security portfolio of the Palestinian Authority.
		He was born in Abu Dis (near Jerusalem) in 1937 to a relatively wealthy family.
		Ahmed Qurei and other critics claim that these organizations exhibit internal corruption and lawlessness; United States-led mediators have blamed them for preventing the advance of the " Road map for peace ".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmed_Qureia (557 words)

	Ahmed Abdallah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
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	Ahmed Qureia accepts Palestinian prime minister's post
		Qureia, 65, whose appointment must still be confirmed by Palestinian lawmakers, said he would not set himself up for failure, an apparent reference to outgoing Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned Saturday.
		Qureia, who is closer to Arafat than his predecessor, also called on the United States and Israel to change their approach of ignoring and undermining Arafat.
		Qureia wasted no time in reaching out to his constituents on Monday, saying his priority would be to improve the lives of Palestinians who are largely confined to their communities because of Israeli military checkpoints erected during the 3-year-old conflict.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4655.htm (602 words)

	USATODAY.com - Palestinian premier says retaliation to Israeli strike is 'justified' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia leveled unusually harsh criticism at Israel for the air strike, saying retaliation would be "justified," reflecting public anger and his own frustration over inability to act.
		Qureia opposes sending a Palestinian envoy, saying he fears the fate of Gaza will be separated from that of the West Bank, and that this will allow Israel to cement its hold over large part of that territory.
		Qureia felt Arafat is going behind his back and was preparing to send an envoy to the donors' meeting, officials close to the prime minister said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-09-07-mideast-pm_x.htm (803 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Middle East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia also warned that unless Israel lessens its hostility toward Arafat and ends lethal air strikes on militant leaders, he would not be any more successful than his predecessor.
		Qureia was the chief negotiator for the Palestinians in talks that brought about 1993's Oslo peace accords.
		Qureia became a member of the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization at the end of the 1960s and took over its business enterprises in Lebanon in the mid-1970s.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/middleeast/qureia.html (683 words)

	A Different Take on Camp David Collapse - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		In a meeting with foreign and Israeli journalists today, Qureia, who also served as chief Palestinian negotiator of the 1993 Oslo agreement, offered a view of events leading to the breakdown of peace efforts that was almost diametrically opposed to the Israeli version that has gained wide acceptance in the West.
		Qureia, known popularly as Abu Ala, has close ties with scores of Israelis who have held senior positions in right- and left-leaning governments, as well as virtually unrivaled access and connections to Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader.
		Qureia described a tense face-off with President Bill Clinton on the third day of the Camp David summit, when the Israelis laid out a map showing how the West Bank could be divided between Israeli and Palestinian control.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/israel-palestine/2001/0724davi.htm (911 words)

	Palestinian National Authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Ahmed Qurei, better known as Abu Ala, was born in Abu Dis (near Jerusalem) in 1937.
		Ahmed Qurei, also known as Abu Ala, is the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and seen as a loyal ally of Yasser Arafat.
		A leading member of Mr Arafat's mainstream Fatah faction, he was one of the architects of the Oslo peace accords signed with Israel in 1993, which led to Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
	www.pna.gov.ps /Government/gov/qurei.asp (719 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> Middle East crisis -> Ahmed Qureia tells US, Israel to change attitude (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Jerusalem: Arafat's new selection as Palestine Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia on September 8 called upon US and Israel to "change their attitude" towards the veteran Palestine leader, saying he would not accept the post unless guaranteed of American and European support for peacemaking.
		Qureia, who is currently the Speaker of the Palestine Legislative Council, said he had not yet decided finally whether or not to accept the position, media reports said.
		Arafat's decision to appoint Qureia as the next Prime Minister comes less than 48 hours after the resignation of Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who on September 7 said that his resignation was final, the daily said in a report.
	news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/mideast/08palestine.html (299 words)

	Gunfire, explosions rattle West Bank camp - Boston.com - Middle East - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Palestinian militants shot at a building where Qureia was speaking on Wednesday and an explosive device was detonated as he and his entourage were leaving the Balata refugee camp.
		The shots were not directly aimed at Qureia and did not appear to be an assassination attempt, and the explosive device went off several hundred yards away from him.
		Qureia was unharmed but clearly angered by the incident, the latest sign of growing chaos and internal unrest in Palestinian areas.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/06/22/gunfire_explosions_rattle_west_bank_camp (831 words)

	CBSNews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qureia formally accepted Yasser Arafat's nomination to be prime minister on Sept. 10, 2003, following Mahmoud Abbas' resignation after only four months in the newly created post.
		Seen as a moderate and a pragmatist, he was a key player in the secret talks that led to the 1993 Oslo accords, which led to Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza.
		Qureia, who has two daughters and two sons, is a recognizable face among Palestinians, having toured many villages and refugee camps, and he's known to be a good listener.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/mideast/html/whois_qureia.html (250 words)

	Sharon, Qureia to meet within days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia’s government passed by a vote of 46-13, with five abstentions, despite complaints about its makeup and Arafat’s continued grip on power.
		Qureia said he seeks a timetable “to implement mutual obligations of the road map, beginning with an agreement for a mutual and comprehensive cease-fire.”
		Qureia, appointed in September, tried for a month and failed to form a Cabinet, then served for another month under an Arafat emergency decree that expired last week.
	www.msnbc.com /news/801833.asp?0cv=CB10 (1048 words)

	OrlandoSentinel.com:
		Qureia, who enjoys broad support from politicians and is respected by the Palestinian public, has worked closely with Arafat for three decades and has served as speaker of parliament since 1996.
		Qureia was one of the principal architects of the secret accords reached in Oslo, Norway, in 1993, in which Israel gave the Palestinians autonomy over much of the Gaza Strip and cities in the West Bank.
		Qureia would have to form a new government with new Cabinet ministers, and he faces the prospect of losing several officials that the Americans and Israelis had supported.
	www.orlandosentinel.com /bal-te.mideast08sep08,0,1010375.story (1157 words)

	Qureia voices his personal support for Geneva accord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia announced yesterday he "personally supports" the Geneva accords as a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians, but a leaflet allegedly issued by a pro-Arafat Fatah cell yesterday warned Palestinians against the Geneva document and threatened to harm those who sign it and support it.
		Qureia was responding to questions from a delegation of American Friends of Peace Now currently in the country.
		But while Qureia was telling the Americans of his support for the Geneva accords hammered out by former Israeli justice minister Yossi Beilin and former Palestinian minister Yasser Abed Rabbo, a leaflet purporting to be from a Fatah cell considered close to Arafat charged the Geneva accords are meant to subjugate the Palestinians.
	www.diak.org /genf/Qureia%20voices%20his%20personal%20support%20for%20Geneva%20accord.htm (347 words)

	CBS News \| Palestinian PM Post A Hot Potato \| September 9, 2003 08:28:06
		Qureia was asked by Arafat on Sunday to replace Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned a day earlier after four turbulent months on the job during which he repeated wrangled with Arafat over his authority and over Cabinet nominations.
		Qureia had told American news agencies that he does not want to set himself up for failure, an apparent reference to outgoing Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned over the weekend after just four months in office that were marred by wrangling with veteran leader Yasser Arafat.
		Qureia said Monday that he wants to improve the lives of Palestinians who have largely been confined to their communities by a network of Israeli military barriers during the past three years of fighting.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/09/09/world/main572281.shtml (1028 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Palestinians' new hope
		Ahmed Qureia has served for years as number three in Yasser Arafat's ruling Fatah party, and as Palestinian parliamentary speaker he has had a front row view of the animosity that developed between Mr Arafat and Mr Abbas.
		Mr Qureia, a father of two daughters and two sons, is a recognisable face among Palestinians, having toured many villages and refugee camps, and he's known to be a good listener.
		Mr Qureia had another close call in February 2002, when Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Ramallah mistakenly sprayed gunfire on his bulletproof car as he was returning home from a meeting with Mr Arafat.
	www.guardian.co.uk /israel/Story/0,2763,1037884,00.html (824 words)

	USATODAY.com - Qureia accepts post of prime minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia's was nominated by Yasser Arafat on Sunday to replace Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned over the weekend amid a power struggle with the veteran Palestinian leader.
		Qureia will appoint an interior minister, a minister for security affairs and a deputy prime minister for security affairs to oversee the forces, he said.
		Qureia said he would act quickly to form a crisis Cabinet of no more than eight ministers, and would try to present his team to parliament for approval Thursday.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-09-10-palestinian-pm_x.htm (527 words)

	Ahmed Qureia < Politicians < Palestine < Middle East < : news feed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said Israeli strikes on Gaza and the West Bank in the past 2 days were a serious threat to the ceasefire.
		Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia on Tuesday lashed out at Arab leaders for their inactivity in the face of a wall Israel is erecting in Jerusalem.
		Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said he feared the army was planning to create a buffer zone in Gaza ahead of Israel ?s planned pullout from the...
	schema-root.org /region/mideast/palestine/politicians/ahmed_qureia (598 words)

	ABC News: Palestinian PM Likely to Continue Duties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia, who was No. 3 in Arafat's Fatah movement, had long been considered a possible successor to Arafat, but lost out Thursday to Mahmoud Abbas who took over as leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization upon Arafat's death.
		Qureia, better known as Abu Ala, returned to the Palestinian territories from exile in Tunisia in 1994 along with Arafat and other leaders, and was elected to serve as speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council in 1996.
		Qureia has had several heart attacks, the first one in the middle of a negotiating session with Israeli leaders in September 1995.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=244002 (455 words)

	USATODAY.com - Israel indicates it could support Qureia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia said he will "not be under an Israeli dictate" and will only be guided by the Palestinian national interest.
		Qureia, the Palestinian parliament speaker and one of the key people who helped negotiate the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accord, was tapped Sunday by Arafat to replace Abbas.
		Qureia has accepted the post in principle, but says Israel must take action on the road map, which envisions a Palestinian state in 2005.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-09-09-mideast-qureia_x.htm (990 words)

	Qureia accepts prime ministership - The Washington Times: World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia was nominated by Yasser Arafat on Sunday to replace Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned over the weekend amid a power struggle with the veteran Palestinian leader.
		Qureia came after days of indecision and appeared to have been spurred by a new spike in violence — two suicide bombings and an Israeli air strike in 17 hours.
		Qureia said he would act quickly to form a crisis Cabinet of no more than eight ministers, and would try to present his team to Parliament for approval today.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20030910-093755-5787r.htm (361 words)

	Palestinians take over PM's empty house - Boston.com - Middle East - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Dozens of Palestinian militants raided the vacation home of Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia on Wednesday, shooting in the air and demanding they be given jobs in the security forces, security officials said.
		Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, right, recieves an award from staff of the An Najah University during a graduation ceremony in the West Bank town of Nablus, Wednesday June 15, 2005.
		Qureia was not in the home in the West Bank town of Jericho at the time, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/06/15/palestinians_take_over_pms_empty_house (355 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia said that he does not want to set himself up for failure, an apparent reference to outgoing Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned over the weekend after just four months in office that were marred by wrangling with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
		However, sources close to Qureia said he has already agreed in principle to take the job, and that his formal acceptance is expected to be announced in the coming days.
		Qureia also said that he must have the support of Washington and the European Union before he accepts the job.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=172749 (796 words)

	Palestinian premier won't confront militants - Likud of Holland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia offered no formula for getting around the deadlock in implementing the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan, which requires Palestinian security forces to disarm and dismantle militant groups that have killed hundreds of Israelis in shootings and suicide bombings in the past three years of fighting.
		Qureia stuck to this position, saying he has not yet put together an action plan for his security forces - but would in any case not use force against the militants.
		Qureia said his objective is the establishment of a Palestinian state in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with east Jerusalem as its capital, by 2005 -- the deadline envisioned by the road map.
	www.likud.nl /extr288.html (430 words)

	CBC News:Qureia to stay on as Palestinian PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia, whose one-month term as head of an emergency cabinet ends Nov. 4, said he would form a new government.
		But Qureia threatened to quit after a Palestinian parliamentary vote on a new cabinet was postponed.
		Qureia had intended to form his own cabinet, but was pressed to accept one selected by Arafat.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/10/28/qureia031028 (185 words)

	Israel, Palestinians, Striving for Summit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Qureia issued his threat on Saturday, saying he sees no need to meet with Sharon if Israel does not show a willingness to compromise on the barrier and a host of other contentious issues.
		Qureia also was expected to tell Burns that he is optimistic about persuading Palestinian militants, in talks beginning Tuesday in Egypt, to halt attacks on Israel.
		Qureia hopes to deliver a truce agreement to the Israeli government to pave the way for a cease-fire deal and renew talks with Israel on the road map.
	www.jfjfp.org /news40/40ap.htm (644 words)

	Worldandnation: Arafat, Qureia resolve crisis
		Arafat and Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia embraced after emerging from a Cabinet meeting in which the Palestinian leader promised to let Cabinet ministers do their jobs.
		Qureia put forward his resignation 10 days ago, complaining that he lacked the power to deal with unrest in Gaza or to move against corruption within the Palestinian Authority.
		Qureia tried to dispel skepticism that his differences with Arafat were merely papered over.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/07/28/Worldandnation/Arafat__Qureia_resolv.shtml (728 words)

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