Invaders Are Not Protesters

A group of armed men move towards a country's border while hurling explosive devices. They cut through barbed wire border fences, ignoring warnings that they will be fired on if they move any further.

In what sense are these people "protesters"?

How are they not identified as invaders?

Note to editors and headline writers of news organizations around the world: you've outed yourselves as stooges for the Syrian regime. You might have gotten away with such sloppy reporting by blaming it on naivete and incomplete information the first time it happened a few weeks ago. A second time is unforgivable.

Just a few of the higher-profile collaborators with Syria's regime, which paid farmers to act as cannon fodder in an entirely unecessary incident meant to distract from its own internal crushing of dissent:

• Reuters. Israeli forces kill 18 protesters: Syrian TV
• Associated Press. Israeli troops battle protesters in Syria, 20 dead
• New York Times. Israel Clashes With Protesters on Syrian Border
• Bloomberg. Israel Fires on Protesters at Border While Syrian Troops Attack Villagers
• The Telegraph. Israel attacks Palestinian border protests