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Palestinian peace negotiators resign over Israel settlements

AFP, Ramallah
The Middle East peace process suffered a fresh blow after the entire Palestinian negotiating team resigned in protest against continued Israeli settlementbuilding.
Negotiator Mohammed Shtayyeh told AFP the resignation move Wednesday was in response to "increasing settlement building (by Israel) and the absence of any hope of achieving results."
"Until now, president Abbas has not accepted our resignation," he added.
Shtayyeh held Israel "completely responsible for the failure of negotiations, because of the continuation and escalation of settlement building."
Another negotiator, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the resignations.
"Abbas has a number of choices here - he can refuse or accept and form a new delegation, or demand a new negotiations mechanism," he said, referring to the possibility of indirect talks through a US team.
Chief negotiator Saeb Erakat is among those who submitted their resignations, the sources said.
US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki noted that Abbas remained committed to peace talks" for the nine-month agreed-upon time frame."
"Both sides remain committed. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment last week. So we will continue to proceed," she told reporters.
Following mediation by Washington, direct talks
resumed in July after a three-year hiatus that was due primarily to Palestinian refusal to talk while settlement expansion continued.
Since then Israel has announced plans to build thousands of new settler homes in the occupied West Bank - territory the Palestinians want for their future state under any peace deal.
Late on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the cancellation of plans to build 20,000 more homes in the West Bank, hours after their announcement sparked US and Palestinian criticism.
Netanyahu publicly forced Housing Minister Uri Ariel, who had approved the plans, to back down after drawing US condemnation for a settlement project the Palestinians warned would end a fragile peace process.
His dramatic intervention to halt the plan to build what experts said would be the biggest ever batch of settler homes on occupied Palestinian territory came after fierce criticism from the US, which has been pushing for a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
Netanyahu directly linked his reprimand of Ariel to Israel's plans to scupper a possible international deal with its arch-foe Iran over its disputed nuclear programme.
"At this time, the attention of the international community must not be diverted from the main effort - preventing Iran from receiving an agreement that will allow it to continue its military nuclear program," Netanyahu said.