Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on Sunday said Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech was "a slap in the face" of president Barack Obama's plan to settle Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Xinhua reported.
Erekat added that Netanyahu put preconditions that were also a slap to the peace process and the internationally-supported solution which calls for establishing a Palestinian statehood alongside Israel.
Netanyahu delivered a speech on Sunday evening at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, endorsing a Palestinian statehood for the first time since he was sworn in last April.
However, Netanyahu said the Palestinian statehood must be demilitarized and that the Palestinians must recognize Israel as the national home of Jewish first.
"Netanyahu's speech unilaterally ended all previous negations and made it clear that any future talks would be useless," Erekat added.
Meanwhile, Nemer Hammad, advisor to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said Netanyahu's speech did not bring anything new.
The address "looks moderate from outside but it is radical from inside," Hammad told Xinhua.
"This is not the doorway to reach peace and settling the conflict," Hammad added.