Senator John Kerry, the republican candidate to the American presidency who lost it to president George Bush, said that Mahmoud Abbas, the newly elected PA president, would be tested according to his acts in fighting what he called "terrorism" in reference to Palestinian resistance against Zionist occupation. Kerry, who is currently visiting occupied Palestine, said that Abbas should also stop incitement against "Israel", according to his terms. He said that such acts on the part of Abbas were pre-conditions for receiving any additional assistance from the USA. Kerry, who was attending a session for the Zionist parliament's foreign and security affairs committee yesterday, said, "We back the road map plan," which the Bush administration had proposed as a settlement for the Palestinian-"Israeli" dispute.