By Perry Chiaramonte, Oct 16, 2015 Investigative Project

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry finally told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to cease inciting violence after weeks of Palestinian terrorist attacks against Israelis, the Times of Israel reports.

Since the recent violence started, American officials have consistently called for both sides to show restraint even though Palestinian terrorists conducted the overwhelming majority of attacks against Israeli civilians.

"President Abbas has been committed to non-violence. He needs to be condemning this, loudly and clearly...and he needs to not engage in some of the incitement that his voice has sometimes been heard to encourage. So that has to stop," Kerry told National Public Radio.

Meanwhile, Fatah's military wing – under Mahmoud Abbas' control – called for more terrorist attacks against Israelis on its Twitter account on Friday, the Jerusalem Post reports.

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