From Kevin Flower, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW:There's no immediate decision from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to break off talks
The construction comes the day after a moratorium ends
Palestinians have threatened to quit peace talks over the issue
Netanyahu calls for Palestinians to "continue on the road towards peace"
Jerusalem (CNN) -- New construction began at settlement sites in the West Bank Monday, just hours after the expiration of a 10-month Israeli government moratorium on building.
CNN filmed new settlement construction in two locations in the West Bank.
Bulldozers and other construction equipment were used at the settlements of Revava and Ariel, and a steady flow of construction equipment and vehicles were transported on tractor trailers on the West Bank highways connecting various settlements.
The new building casts a shadow over the continuation of face-to-face peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians that began this month.
It's likely to add additional pressure on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stop negotiating.
Palestinian officials have said that if building resumes on territory they consider part of a future Palestinian state, they will walk away from the negotiations.
Yet Abbas has not yet pulled out, indicating that he wants to discuss the issue first with his Fatah party and the Arab League.
That is causing "concern" within Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Sabri Saidam, the deputy speaker of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, told CNN Monday.
The Arab League is to meet next week.
Abbas, meanwhile, plans to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Monday to discuss the peace process, Sarkozy's office announced.
The Palestinian leader also plans to talk about the peace process with French Prime Minister Francois Fillion, Abbas's spokesman said.
He met with Jewish leaders in Paris on Sunday to discuss the peace talks, CNN affiliate BFM television reported.
Speaking at the United Nations on Saturday, Abbas said Israel "must choose between peace and the continuation of settlements," but there was no immediate Palestinian response to the resumption of settlement building.
In a statement shortly after the moratorium expired at midnight Sunday (6 p.m. ET Sunday), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Palestinians not to walk away from newly resumed peace talks over the lapsed restrictions.
Israel "is ready to hold continuous contacts in the coming days in order to find a way to continue the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority," Netanyahu said.
He asked Abbas to "stay in the talks and, with me, continue on the road towards peace."
CNN's Kareem Khadder, Winnie Andrews and Mike Schwartz contributed to this report.
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