Israeli PM says no Palestinian state in the "foreseeable future": media

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that his country intends to make no territorial concessions to the Palestinians in the "foreseeable future," Israeli media reported.

"At this time, we need to control all of the (West Bank and Gaza Strip) territory for the foreseeable future," Netanyahu told a meeting of the parliament's Security and Foreign Affairs Committee, according to Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper.

The hard-line prime minister was invited to address the committee amidst a lethal wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence, which shows no signs of slowing down.

Addressing lawmakers with the opposition, Netanyahu said "You think there is a magic wand here, but I disagree. I'm asked if we will forever live by the sword -- yes."

In a bid to win more votes ahead of the March 17 elections, Netanyahu stated that "no Palestinian state would be established" under his watch if he is to be reelected, a statement he had retracted after the elections.

The Palestinians demand to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, territories that Israel occupied during the 1967 Mideast War.

Violence between Israelis and Palestinians showed no sign of easing on Monday, as Israeli troops fatally wounded a Palestinian man at a border checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron, after he allegedly attempted to stab a soldier.

A military spokesperson said the suspect, holding a knife, approached a checkpoint near the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque. Israeli soldiers responded to imminent danger with live rounds.

An initial report by Israel's Army Radio said the suspect was killed, but his condition was not immediately clear.

In the morning, troops shot and killed a Palestinian man after he reportedly stabbed and seriously injured a 19-year-old soldier. The Palestinian side said the attacker, identified as a 22-year-old student from the town of Sair, was hit by nine bullets.

The recent spate of violence includes almost daily attacks by Palestinians and daily violent clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youth protesters.

Ten Israelis and at least 58 Palestinian have died during the violence, officials and media said.

On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Israel and Jordan had agreed on around-the-clock video monitoring in East Jerusalem's flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound. The move aimed at reassuring Palestinians that Israel is not attempting to change the status quo at the holy compound.

The violence was triggered a month ago due to increased visits by far-right Jewish leaders to the al-Aqsa compound, which aroused fears from Palestinians that Israel is plotting to take over the site.

The site is holy to both Muslims, who know it as the Noble Sanctuary, and to Jews, who know it as the Temple Mount. Endit