Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Wednesday said there is no point engaging in peace negotiations while Israel persists with settlement construction.
"If settlement building continues to eat away at the land, how can there be a Palestinian state?" questioned Moussa in statements to the press, following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Arab League head said he considers it unlikely that any Arab state will give the US another chance at the peace process, adding that it would be a miracle if moribund negotiations are resurrected.
The Arab World is not prepared to surrender, nor to cede control of the Palestinian state's destiny to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Moussa said.
Moussa added that the letter Obama recently sent to president Abbas concerning settlements and peace negotiations will be disclosed and discussed during the impending Arab Peace Initiative Committee meeting.
