Foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has declared in a conference of ambassadors that Israel must not reach an overall agreement with Palestinians since the Ramallah government is not legitimate. According to Lieberman Palestinian elections were postponed three times already and there is no guaranty that when the elections would finally come about, Hammas will not take control over Ramallah. He also stated that even if Israel were to offer Tel Aviv as the capital of Palestine and returned to the 1948 borders they would still find a reason not to sign the deal.