The UN General Assembly is set to upgrade the Palestinians' status to that of "non-member observer state".
Mr Netanyahu froze the transfers last year after the Palestinians gained non-member observer state status at the UN.
The General Assembly voted by 138-9 to recognise the Palestinians as a non-member observer state, with 41 states abstaining.
In November, Mr Abbas led a successful campaign for the UN to upgrade the Palestinians' status to that of an observer state.
Mr Meshaal this year strongly supported Mr Abbas's move in upgrading Palestinian status at the United Nations to that of a non-member "observer state".
By elevating Palestine to nonmember observer state status at the U.N.
The controversial project was revived as part of Israel's response to the UN General Assembly's decision to grant the Palestinians the status of non-member observer state.
Israeli plans to build in the area had been on hold for years until the Palestinians succeeded in December in having their status upgraded at the UN from an "entity" to that of a "non-member observer state".
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The recent vote by the United Nations General Assembly to accept Palestine as a nonmember observer state is a powerful reminder that what often passes as international law is not really law at all, but is merely politics by another name.
Israeli plans to develop the E1 area had been on hold for years until the Palestinians upgraded their status at the UN from an "entity" to that of a "non-member observer state", a move condemned by Israel and the US as a violation of peace accords.
But if 180 countries declare their recognition of an observer Palestinian state, then politically we are in deep trouble.
This time he is asking the General Assembly for a lesser upgrade, from "observer" to "non-member observer" state, like the Vatican.
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Turkey - which attended the meeting as an observer, since it is not an Arab state - said it would act in accordance with the Arab League sanctions.
This entire process is being overseen by Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, who isn't exactly a nonpartisan observer.
Syria has agreed to extend the mandate of the Arab League observer mission by a month, Syria's state-run news agency Sana reports.
Aware that the Chinese have little to gain and possibly something to lose by attending the summit, the State Department has said it has no objections to China's participation at the meeting as an observer, but that Japan alone has to decide.
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