Yahoo! News - Abbas won't negotiate if Israel ends settlement curbs
Yahoo! News reports: "Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Monday he will not take part in US-backed peace talks 'for a single day' if Israel does not extend a freeze on settlement building at the month's end."

Yahoo! News - Israeli minister: Palestinians need to compromise - Yahoo! News
Yahoo! News reports: "With crisis looming for recently restarted Mideast peace talks, Israel's deputy prime minister on Monday urged the Palestinians to relax their demand that a freeze on new Jewish settlement construction be extended past its planned weekend expiration. Palestinian officials quickly rejected the idea, leaving a deadlock in place."