JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinians’ “extreme and reckless” rejection of an Israeli suggestion that some Jewish settlers remain in a future Palestinian state proves that they don’t want peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Monday.

The harshly worded statement follows a flurry of back-and-forth condemnations sparked by a report that Netanyahu believes all Jewish settlers should have the right to remain in their homes in a future Palestine.

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