<span style="color: #222222;">Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the United Nations he would terminate all signed agreements with Israel, if Israel moved forward with plans announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex a key part of the West Bank.<br />''</span><br />''Netanyahu is trying to form a new government following a deadlocked election. He pledged before the vote to impose Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea which account for one-third of the West Bank.<br />''<br />''The promise was widely condemned, including by UN chief Antonio Guterres who warned it would violate international law. Abbas said that if any Israeli government is to proceed with this plan, all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations therein will be terminated. He also claimed the right to defend Palestine's rights by all possible means, regardless of consequences, while remaining committed to international law and combating terrorism. Abbas also renewed a pledge to hold fresh parliamentary elections, which last took place in 2006.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Israel's foreign minister Israel Katz later told the assembly, his country wants peace with all its neighbours, and called on the Palestinian Authority to stop incitement. </span><br />