"We refuse the establishment of a state only in Gaza. Gaza is part of the occupied areas. A viable Palestinian state to live in peace beside Israel is only a state set up on the 1967 borders" said Qurie, meaning all the West Bank and Gaza. Qurie said the Palestinian Authority had fulfilled a pledge to prevent violence during the settler eviction from Gaza, and now hoped U.S. leaders would press Israel to renew talks on a "road map" to peace. The "road map" calls for Israel to halt all settlement building in the lands occupied in the 1967 Middle East War. The World Court brands all settlements illegal. Israel disputes this. Responding to Israel's insistence that it would not renew talks or discuss further withdrawals until the Palestinians disarm militants, Qurie asked: "Why doesn't Israel disarm its settlers who shoot and kill Palestinians?" He was referring to the killings of three Palestinians by a Jewish settler in a West Bank shooting this month. Turning to the issue of militants, Qurie said the Palestinians had recently demanded that militants not display weapons on the streets, and hoped ultimately to see no arms carried by anyone but Palestinian police. "As far as we're concerned, we will organise the use of arms," Qurie said. --SP 2229 Local Time 1929 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/286713