Palestine on Wednesday slammed remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman over the annexation of Area C of the West Bank.

"We strongly condemn the racist remarks and positions of Friedman and Bennett, which we consider as a reaffirmation of the so-called 'Deal of the Century,' which has nothing to do with peace or serious negotiations," said the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in a statement.

"This is the peak of undermining international legitimacy and resolutions. Their remarks are additional confessions of their involvement in the crime of settlements and confiscation of Palestinian lands," the statement said.

The ministry accused Friedman of dealing with the conflict as an "economic relief" rather than a political question.

Speaking at a policy forum in Jerusalem earlier on Wednesday, Bennett declared "the 'C territory' belongs to Israel".

Addressing the same forum, Friedman said that the right of Israel "to settle in 'Judea and Samaria' (the West Bank) is so obvious, the goalposts started to move."

Area C accounts for over 60 percent of West Bank's 5,655-square-kilometer area.

Under the Oslo Accords signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in the 1990s, the West Bank was divided into three areas: Area A under Palestinian control, Area B under joint Palestinian-Israeli control, and Area C under full Israeli control.