Abu Mazen denies 'secret back channel' with Netanyahu

The 'Palestinian Authority' is denying the existence of a 'secret back channel' for talks between Prime Minister Netanyahu and  'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen. The channel's existence was first broken by Yedioth Aharonoth on Thursday. This is from the first link.
The reports, which elicited denials from Abbas's spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeina, according to Judea