Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations

    RAMALLAH, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) considers stopping peace talks with Israel if the negotiations still make no breakthrough and the violations against the Palestinian people continue, a Palestinian official said Wednesday.

    Abdullah Abdullah, a member of Fatah revolutionary council, said the PNA will make its decision following a three-way meeting that will be held Wednesday in Washington to assess the peace process in the Middle East.

    "This meeting will be the last effort to push the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations before the Palestinian leadership made its decision," Abdullah said.

    Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurei, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will participate in the Washington meeting.

    A U.S.-mediated peace talks between the two sides resumed in November. However, the Palestinians said the Israeli settlement activities in West Bank and East Jerusalem prevent any progress in the talks.

    The negotiations are intended to come out with a peace treaty enabling the creation of a Palestinian statehood alongside Israel before U.S. President George W. Bush quits the White House.