Mosab Hassan Yousef spoke on Thursday, Nov. 13 at Johnson Chapel about his experience of defecting from Hamas and joining the Israeli internal security force Shin Bet. At the event, Yousef shared his thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and his reasons for choosing to work as an Israeli informant. The Amherst College Republicans hosted the event, which was also sponsored in part by Association of Amherst Students, the Young America’s Foundation, the college’s Political Science Department and the Smith College Republicans.