Saleh Abu Mayala, one of several Palestinians to defy official boycott of US-led workshop, was released Saturday, according to Ashraf Jabari who also attended confab

Abbas spokesman says White House pursues policy of 'punishment and intimidation' for US-led summit, where economic aspects of peace plan were unveiled

Palestinian official says Ramallah may be looking for more info on US-led summit with detention of Saleh Abu Mayala; 2nd Palestinian participant said to narrowly escape arrest

Palestinian leader to meet Jordanian King Abdullah to consult about 'what happened in Manama,' Ramallah official says

Majdi al-Khaldi says Muscat operated diplomatic office in West Bank in 1990s but later closed it; four Arab states currently maintain representation in Ramallah

PLO official asserts that summit in Manama seeks to write off the Palestinian issue as an economic matter; protesters in Bethlehem burn a hanging effigy of Trump

Greenblatt accuses Fatah of threatening intifada after statement by youth group translated by Israeli organization warns it can make 'ground burn under the feet of the tyrants'

Palestinians reject plan outright and Arab countries are only lukewarm, but experts point out participation of Qatar in normally hostile Bahrain is a positive step

Mohammed Massad says when he learned which other businesspeople were planning to attend the summit, he decided to withdraw

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Jubeir indicates Arab world would be hard pressed to endorse plan unless Ramallah goes along with it