Abbas has tried to resume ties with Israel

PA head Mahmoud Abbas has told Israeli opposition lawmakers on Sunday that he had proposed rolling back his month-old suspension of security coordination with Israel, but that it did not respond to the overture, the delegation said.

Abbas suspended ties on July 21, demanding that Israel remove metal detectors it had installed outside the al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem').

"We recently communicated with them (Israeli security officials) in an attempt to resume some kind of cooperation," Abbas told a visiting delegation from Israel's left-wing Meretz party, according to a statement issued by the lawmakers.

"But they have not returned an answer, something that has prevented progress in thawing ties," he was quoted as saying.

A Netanyahu aide however, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said: "These reported remarks are simply incorrect."