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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hiba Yazbek in Nazareth

Palestinians use social media to out the Israeli undercover agents haunting their protests

Israeli security forces and undercover police arrest a young Bedouin demonstrator
Israeli security forces and undercover police arrest a young Bedouin demonstrator during a protest in January. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Last May, as war in Gaza raged and clashes over Palestinian access to Jerusalem intensified, large protests swept across almost every Arab and mixed city in Israel. In Haifa, the Israeli coastal city with a mixed Arab and Jewish population, Yousef Ibrahim attended almost every demonstration.

Over the years, the activist and organiser from Daburiyya, an Arab village in the north of Israel, has had his fair share of confrontations with Israeli undercover agents who pose as Arab citizens, known as Mista’arvim. But this time was different, he said.

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