It may be time for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to ”tell his people the truth”, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday.

Israel’s foreign minister said on Thursday he would tell a visiting US envoy that there was no chance of reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians.

Israel and the Palestinians accused each other on Monday of thwarting United States efforts to revive peace negotiations.

Barack Obama will host the first meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.

A burst of shuttle diplomacy by the US Middle East envoy on Friday produced no immediate results.