Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday his ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu Party would block any attempt to extend a partial moratorium on settlements due to expire on September 26. But the Palestinians warned that failure to extend the 10-month halt to most new settlement construction in the West Bank outside occupied Arab East Jerusalem would spell the end of peace talks relaunched with great fanfare in Washington on Thursday. [Read the full article]