A top Israeli official has told the World Jewish Congress (WJC) that the Palestinian Authority and Hamas were fanning the flames of the terror attacks taking place across Israel.

Minister for Social Equality Gila Gamliel, in a briefing for WJC officials at the organization’s New York office, said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal had both failed to prevent incitement to the violence.

“The problem is incitement in the Palestinian Authority, it is not only Hamas, it is Abbas too. They are not stopping incitement. It’s Fatah, it’s Hamas, and they are influencing the young generation,” Gamliel said.

The minister also criticized world leaders and the media for ignoring the spate of terror attacks against Israelis – which has left seven Israelis killed and dozens more wounded – in a rash of stabbings, car attacks and shootings over the past few weeks.

Most of the attacks have taken place in Jerusalem, although some have occurred in suburbs of the capital, in Tel Aviv and its suburbs, as well as in the north of Israel.