The Palestinian leadership has on Sunday rebuffed a proposal of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to establish a Palestinian state with temporary border.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Xinhua that the Palestinian position "is declared, clear and won't change," adding "we completely reject the establishment of a Palestinian state with temporary border."
Erekat's comments were in response to what the Israeli Ha'aretz daily reported earlier on Sunday that Lieberman had prepared a plan to establish a Palestinian state with temporary border.
The daily reported that Lieberman prepared the plan to block any attempt to demand from the world to recognize the establishment of an independent state on the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Ha'aretz had quoted a senior Israeli political source as saying that Lieberman's plan depends on keeping the situation as it is and adding some slight changes on it.
"Lieberman's plan came after the Israelis felt embarrassed and isolated by the international community which has gradually supported the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital," said Erekat.
He went on saying that "a Palestinian state with temporary border has never been our choice. We had repeatedly rebuffed such proposals, where the U.S. always wanted a permanent solution to the conflict."
The direct Israeli-Palestinian talks were suspended in October after Israel refused to freeze settlement's building. The Palestinians threatened to use other diplomatic options in case the peace process fails.