Cash for Syrians to Protest Israel

For the last several months, Syrians have been loudly protesting their own government. The regime, led by strongman Bashar al-Assad, has responded by killing its own citizens, including women and children, and shutting off channels of communication that the protesters have been utilizing (such as the Internet). According to the Boston Globe, “the continuing crackdown that has killed more than 1,000 people, with hundreds more rounded up in mass arrests.”

But in an apparent effort to turn the world’s attention away from its own problems, the Syrian regime is reportedly now paying its citizens to protest the Israelis. Ynet reports: