US accuses Syria of inciting protests against Israel

Washington - The United States Monday accused Syria of inciting protests against Israel to deflect attention from the mass demonstrations taking place against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

'It seems apparent to us that (this) is an effort to distract attention from the legitimate expressions of protests by the Syrian people and from the harsh crackdown that the Syrian government has perpetrated against its own people,' White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday.

Hundreds of protesters tried to storm Israel's border with Lebanon, and from Syria through the Israeli occupied Golan Heights on Sunday.

We are strongly opposed to the Syrian government's involvement in inciting yesterday (Sunday's) protests in the Golan Heights,' Carney said. 'Such behavior is unacceptable and does not serve as a distraction from the Syrian government's ongoing repression of demonstrators in its own country.'

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