Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said he did not rule annexing most of the West Bank if a Palestinian state was declared. Any unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state would "annul the (Oslo) accords" giving the Palestinians five years of autonomy over parts of the West Bank, Mr Netanyahu said in an interview with Israeli state radio. "Nothing will stop us from proclaiming the land under our control and which in any case is not populated by Arabs," he added.
The Palestinian negotiator, Mr Hassan Asfur, branded the comments "a declaration of aggression and war".