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"I assure you nothing is being cooked between Netanyahu and Abu Mazen, absolutely nothing, not even a raw salad," Shaath said, using the nickname of the Palestinian leader.
"The two are talking languages that are 180 degrees apart," Shaath said, responding to an earlier speaker who expressed hope the two "were cooking something."
Israel and the Palestinian leadership started new US-brokered direct talks on September 2, including rounds in the United States, Egypt and in Jerusalem.
But they have not met since September 15 and Palestinian leaders have said they will not negotiate because Israel refuses to extend a 10-month old moratorium on settlement building in the occupied West Bank.
On October 9, the Arab League gave the United States a month to try to bridge differences over Jewish settlements, one of the thorniest obstacles to peace in the Middle East.
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"The two are talking languages that are 180 degrees apart," Shaath said, responding to an earlier speaker who expressed hope the two "were cooking something."
Israel and the Palestinian leadership started new US-brokered direct talks on September 2, including rounds in the United States, Egypt and in Jerusalem.
But they have not met since September 15 and Palestinian leaders have said they will not negotiate because Israel refuses to extend a 10-month old moratorium on settlement building in the occupied West Bank.
On October 9, the Arab League gave the United States a month to try to bridge differences over Jewish settlements, one of the thorniest obstacles to peace in the Middle East.
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