Washington, Ramadan 20, 1434, Jul 29, 2013, SPA - Renewed peace talks between senior negotiating teams from Israel and the Palestinian Authority are to be held late Monday and Tuesday in Washington, the US State Department announced. The restart of negotiations, stalled for nearly three years, is being mediated by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who spoke Sunday with President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to personally extend invitations. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Yitzhak Molcho, an envoy for Netanyahu, will represent Israel, and the Palestinian delegation will include chief negotiator Saeb Erekat and Mohammad Shtayyeh, who has worked on United Nations issues, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was quoted as saying by DPA. --SPA 11:41 LOCAL TIME 08:41 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1133101