The Palestinian leadership has said there would be no further peace talks with Israel as long as it continued settlement construction in the occupied territories. The decision by the Palestine Liberation Organisation, PLO strengthened president Mahmud Abbas, who has threatened to walk out of the US-backed talks re launched a month ago over the recent resumption of construction work in the West Bank. However, Abbas said he would take a final decision on continuing in the talks only after meeting Arab Foreign Ministers in Libya on Friday.The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Abbas to continue the peace talks without a break with the aim of reaching a historic accord in a year.