Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is still committed to Palestinian statehood if circumstances improve, pulling back from comments he made during his re-election campaign rejecting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I don't want a one-state solution," Netanyahu said in an interview Thursday on MSNBC. "I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that, circumstances have to change."

Netanyahu said the burden lies with the Palestinians, who must accept Israel and end attacks against the nation's interests.