The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has not received any assurance from the United States regarding Israel’s stance towards the peace process and settlement construction freeze, a Palestinian official said Sunday.

“The peace process is now stagnant despite the U.S.’s efforts to resume face-to-face negotiations,” Nabil Abu Rdineh, a spokesman for the PNA President Mahmoud Abbas told Voice of Palestine Radio.

The peace process is standing at a crossroads, Abu Rdineh said. He urged the Arabs and the international community to make decisive decisions in case of increasing tension in the region.

There is still a channel of communication with the U.S. side on the peace process despite Israel refused to freeze settlement construction, Abu Rdineh added.

The Palestinian leadership made a decision on Saturday to halt direct peace talks with Israel after the latter decided not to renew a 10-month moratorium of settlement freeze that ended last week