Binyamin Netanyahu's office said Tuesday that reports in the Arabic language a-Shark al-Awsat newspaper in London, claiming that the Prime Minister had agreed to give up 90% of Judea and Samaria, had no basis.

“The reports are false,” Netanyahu's office said in a statement. “The Prime Minister has expressed a desire to enter into direct negotiations with the PA without preconditions, in an effort to arrive at an agreement. The issue of the settlements will be dealt with in these negotiations,” the statement said.