Arab foreign ministers gathered on Wednesday with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said ’Israel’ was "wholly responsible for the dangerous stalemate" in US-brokered peace talks scheduled to end on April 29.

Arab foreign ministers gathered on Wednesday with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said 'Israel' was "wholly responsible for the dangerous stalemate" in US-brokered peace talks scheduled to end on April 29.

The emergency meeting was requested by Abbas after Israel backtracked on releasing a final batch of Palestinian prisoners and reissued tenders for 708 settler homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem.