Israeli police deploy secret unit to monitor Arabs in Israel.
Israel has deployed a secret police unit to monitor predominantly Arab towns in Israel. The unit, called “mistaravim” has been operating primarily in East Jerusalem and adjacent Arab villages for the past few years, said Israeli daily Haaretz on Tuesday.
The police unit was set up because according to police commissioner David Cohen, Israeli police had “no intelligence infrastructure to deal with the Arab community.”
The original goal of the unit was to thwart terror attacks inside Israel. Later, however, the scope of the “mistaravim” was expanded to include other areas and security-related matters.
