Hamas warns internet users to keep off Facebook and Twitter

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The Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, are warning people in Gaza and the West Bank to be wary of how they use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. They say Israel is using the personal information people often post to help recruit collaborators.

The BBC’s Gaza correspondent Jon Donnison has been investigating these claims and joins us from Jerusalem.

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