Israel warns unilateral moves would annul past agreements

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman today in Jerusalem accused Palestinian leaders of "preferring conflict over agreement with Israel". Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the foreign minister also warned his country would "renounce past agreements, including the Oslo Accords, with the Palestinians if they continue their unilateral pursuit of statehood recognition from the United Nations in September". Israel warns unilateral moves would annul past agreements Lieberman made the statements during his meeting with EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton. "The unilateral move at the UN is the end of the Oslo Accords and would be a violation of all agreements that we have signed until now. Israel would not be obligated to the agreements that it has signed with the Palestinians over the past 18 years," he was quoted as saying. He also blamed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for preferring confrontation to agreement, and said that for this reason, there was "zero chance that negotiations with the Palestinians will resume". Ashton and Lieberman are seen in the Israeli capital Jerusalem (Beta/AP)

Israel warns unilateral moves would annul past agreements

Lieberman made the statements during his meeting with EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton.

"The unilateral move at the UN is the end of the Oslo Accords and would be a violation of all agreements that we have signed until now. Israel would not be obligated to the agreements that it has signed with the Palestinians over the past 18 years," he was quoted as saying.

He also blamed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for preferring confrontation to agreement, and said that for this reason, there was "zero chance that negotiations with the Palestinians will resume".