Arab League Follow-up Committee

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday convened the central committee of his Fatah movement to discuss contacts with Israel after a series of preliminary talks.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday the Palestinians' announcement that they were ending informal talks with Israel does not mean the two sides have reached an "impasse."

US President Barack Obama is urging the Palestinians to continue talks with Israel, a Palestinian official said Thursday, a day after low-level discussions appeared to be over.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were to hold a final round of talks on Wednesday as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said he could resume negotiations if Israel would agree to determine borders.

The leader of Israel's main opposition Kadima party came out in favour of an extension of the freeze on settlement building in an interview.

Arab League leaders voiced their support for Sudan Saturday, but made no mention of the troubled Middle East peace process at the end a summit meeting in Libya.

The United States pledged to keep working to rescue Middle East peace talks after Arab ministers gave it one month from Friday to secure a change of heart from Israel over Jewish settlement building.

The United States pledged to keep working to rescue Middle East peace talks after Arab ministers gave it one month from Friday to secure a change of heart from Israel over Jewish settlement building.

The Arab League opened a summit in Libya on Saturday with the pressing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Sudan added to the original agenda, its secretary general Amr Mussa said.

The Arab League opened a summit in Libya on Saturday with the pressing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Sudan added to the original agenda, its secretary general Amr Mussa said.

The United States pledged to keep working to rescue Middle East peace talks after Arab ministers gave it one month from Friday to secure a change of heart from Israel over Jewish settlement building.

The United States pledged to keep working to rescue Middle East peace talks after Arab ministers gave it one month from Friday to secure a change of heart from Israel over Jewish settlement building.

The United States pledged to keep working to rescue Middle East peace talks after Arab ministers gave it one month from Friday to secure a change of heart from Israel over Jewish settlement building.

The United States pledged to keep working to rescue Middle East peace talks after Arab ministers gave it one month to secure a change of heart from Israel over Jewish settlement building.

The United States pledged to keep working to move the peace process forward after Arab League ministers gave Washington a month to save direct Middle East peace talks.

Arab League ministers on Friday gave the United States one month to save direct Middle East peace talks which they warned would collapse unless Israel halts settlement building in the occupied West Bank.

Arab countries have given Washington a month to try to rescue Middle East peace talks, a diplomat said on Friday after Palestinians threatened to quit the talks over Israeli settlement building.

Arab countries have given Washington a month to try to rescue Middle East peace talks, a diplomat said on Friday after Palestinians threatened to quit the talks over Israeli settlement building.

Arab countries have given Washington a month to try to rescue Middle East peace talks, a diplomat said on Friday after Palestinians threatened to quit the talks over Israeli settlement building.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to seek the support of Arab leaders on Friday to quit peace talks after Israel adamantly refused to extend a freeze on settlement building in the West Bank.