<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that the Palestinian state is not a gift or a favor but "a right imposed by international law and legitimate international resolutions."</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This came in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest rejection of international pressure for Palestinian statehood Friday following a Washington Post report on Wednesday regarding the ongoing negotiation for "a fixed timetable for the establishment of a Palestinian state" by the United States and a small group of Arab countries.</div><div><br></div><div>"We strongly reject international dictates regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians," Netanyahu said in a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden Friday night.</div><div><br></div><div>"Netanyahu once again challenges international and American consensus on the right to end the occupation and establish the Palestinian state, declaring his rejection of international and UN recognition of it," said the ministry in a statement Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Netanyahu imposes "his traditional conditions and dictates on the world and the Palestinian people in order to thwart any efforts or ideas regarding the statehood of the Palestinian people, foremost among them his rejection of any international intervention," according to the statement.</div><div><br></div><div>It considered Netanyahu's positions as "political terrorism par excellence and a clear interpretation of the true goals of settlement and annexation of the West Bank, including Jerusalem." - XINHUA</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>