International mediators will begin meeting separately with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Wednesday in a bid to re-launch peace talks.

Expectations are low for the talks, in Jerusalem, that are being hosted by the Quartet of Mideast peace negotiators.

Palestinians have said they will not resume face-to-face talks until Israel agrees to freeze construction on land Palestinians want as part of a future state. Palestinians also want Israel to agree to base the borders of a future state on boundaries that existed before Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in a 1967 war.

The Quartet is comprised of the U.S., United Nations, European Union and Russia. In late September,the group called on Israel and the Palestinians to resume talks within a month and reach an agreement by the end of 2012.

Israel has welcomed the group's call for negotiations but has rejected the Palestinians' conditions.

Talks stalled more than a year ago after an Israeli moratorium on settlement construction expired.

In September, Palestinians went before the United Nations in a formal bid toward unilaterally seeking statehood — a move opposed by the U.S. and Israel.