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Former Hamas man to 'tell truth' about Muhammad

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working undercover for Israel's internal
security service shinb between the years
1997 and 2007 musab kassan YF the son of
Hamas founder shik kassan yusf supplied
information that prevented dozens of
suicide attacks and assassinations of
Israelis and assisted Israel in
capturing many Hamas militants Yousef
made a spying activity public with his
2010 autobiography son of
Hamas I am not here to take
sides I love
Israel because Israel is a democratic
country I love Israel because I love
democracy I love Israel because I love a
country that respects and protects
personal and religious freedoms and
protect people from the absolute control
of religion that's a reason why I stand
by Israel it's not stand by Israel
against Palestinians stand with
democracy against dictatorships in
Israel this week for the first time
since he left in 2007 Yousef briefed
members of the press at media Central
sharing his support for Israel his views
on Islam and announcing a new project a
film depicting for the first time the
prophet of Islam the real motivation
behind suicide bombers and
extremism I know this is very sensitive
and what I'm about to say is not
accepted by many many people especially
in the Free World
we have an Islamic problem in the region
we have an Islamic problem Islam
protected
itself for more than 1,400 years with
walls of
isolation and it kept its absolute
control over people's lives for many
years I think this is the time to expose
the real nature of Islam we look in a
free world we see movies being made
about the lives
of many influential leaders except one
Untouchable nobody can talk about him
nobody can put him on a camera or put
draw a picture of him that is the
prophet of Islam Muhammad and I think
this is the time and I would like to
announce this here from Jerusalem next
to the Temple mount that this is the
time to expose the lives of Muhammad by
putting him on the movie on a camera to
the entire world world to see the real
nature of Islam
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Mosab Hassan Yousef

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Mosab Hassan Yousef
مصعب حسن يوسف
Yousef at the 2019 Budapest Demographic Summit
Born
Ramallah, West Bank[1]
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationsSpy, advocate, author
EmployerShin Bet (1997–2007)
OrganizationHamas (1987–2007)
Known forCovert defection to Israel in 1997 and conversion to Christianity from Islam in 1999
Notable workSon of Hamas (2010), The Green Prince (2014)
FatherSheikh Hassan Yousef

Mosab Hassan Yousef[a] is an American author and former militant who defected to Israel in 1997, thereafter working as an Israeli spy for the Shin Bet until he moved to the United States in 2007. His father is Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist organisation Hamas. A New York Times bestselling author, he is known for his outspoken criticisms of Hamas, the pro-Palestinian movement and Islam's treatment of non-Muslims.[2][3]

The Shin Bet considered Yousef to be Israel's most valuable source within the Hamas leadership: the information he supplied allowed Israel to successfully thwart dozens of Palestinian suicide attacks against civilians and prevent the assassinations of many Israeli civilians and soldiers; exposed numerous Hamas cells; and assisted Israeli authorities in hunting down Palestinian militants. His efforts also culminated in the incarceration of his father, who had served as a leading figure for Hamas operations from the West Bank.[4][5] In March 2010, Yousef published his autobiography, titled Son of Hamas.[6]

In 1999, Yousef converted from Islam to Christianity, being formally baptised in 2004, but did not disclose this fact to the public until 2008 due to fears that his family members in Ramallah would become targets for religious persecution by Islamist groups.[7][1] In 2007, he left the West Bank and moved to the United States where he applied for political asylum and had his request granted by American authorities in 2010 following Shin Bet handler Gonen Ben Itzhak testifying on his behalf.[8] Yousef has compared Islam to Nazism,[9] has said he has "zero respect for anyone who identifies as Muslim", and accused Muslims of using Palestine as "a device against Israel".[10][11] Palestinian students and community leaders at university campuses have accused him of Islamophobia, and his speeches have attracted protests both in support of and opposition to his controversial views.[12][13][14]

Early life and family

Mosab Hassan Yousef was born in Ramallah, in the West Bank. His father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, is a Hamas co-founder who spent many years in Israeli prisons as a result of his militant activities.[1][15] His grandfather was an imam.[16] He is the oldest of five brothers and three sisters; in 2019, one of his brothers, Suheib Yousef, also left Hamas.[1][17][18]

He has described his upbringing as traditional, noting that he initially supported Hamas's political stance before his later break with the group's methods. In an interview, Yousef stated he was raped when he was approximately 5-6 years old, and he did not speak up about it due to fear of an honor killing; he also stated that having to heal on his own from the rape was "a hell of a journey".[19][20][21] Growing up, Yousef has said he wanted to be a "fighter" because that was expected of Palestinian children in the West Bank.[22] Yousef was first arrested by the IDF when he was ten, during the First Intifada, for throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers and/or settlers.[22][clarification needed] As his father's eldest son, he was seen as his heir apparent.[1]

Defection to Israel

Yousef said he saw the light after a stint in an Israeli jail during the mid-1990s. At Megiddo Prison, he witnessed Hamas inmates leading a brutal year-long campaign to weed out supposed Israeli collaborators. "During that time, Hamas tortured and killed hundreds of prisoners," he said, recalling vivid memories of needles being inserted under fingernails and bodies charred with burning plastics. Many, if not all, had nothing to do with Israeli intelligence. "I will never forget their screams," he continued. "I started asking myself a question. What if Hamas succeeded in destroying Israel and building a state. Will they destroy our people in this way?"[23]

Yousef said that his doubts about Islam and Hamas began forming when he realized Hamas' brutality, and that he hated how Hamas used the lives of suffering civilians and children to achieve its goals.[1] Yousef was held by Shin Bet agents in 1996. While in prison, he decided to accept a Shin Bet offer to become an informant, on the basis that,

Mosab observed firsthand the craziness of the cycle of violence. Mosab began to question who his real enemies were: the Hamas leaders who tortured their fellow Palestinian prisoners, or the Shin Bet, who arrested and imprisoned him. Over the 16 months that Mosab was in prison, the answer became clear, and this persuaded Mosab to go undercover for the Shin Bet. Gonen, whose code name was "Captain Loai," became Mosab's handler. Mosab's reports led to the arrests of several high-ranking Palestinian figures. As we worked together to prevent the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians, the two of us became friends.[24][25]

Espionage career

Beginning with his release from prison in 1997, Yousef was considered the Shin Bet's most reliable source in the Hamas leadership, earning himself the nickname "The Green Prince" – using the color of the Islamist group's flag, and "prince" because of his pedigree as the son of one of the movement's founders. The intelligence he supplied to Israel led to the exposure of many Hamas cells, as well as the prevention of dozens of suicide bombings and assassination attempts on Jews. He has said that he did not inform for money, but rather that his motivations were ideological and religious, and that he only wanted to save lives.[26]

Yousef says he supplied intelligence only on the condition that the "targets" would not be killed, but arrested. This led to the detention of several key Palestinian leaders, including Ibrahim Hamid, a Hamas commander in the West Bank, and Marwan Barghouti. Yousef also claims to have thwarted a 2001 plot to assassinate Shimon Peres, then foreign minister and later President of Israel. According to his former Shin Bet officer, "Many people owe him their lives and don't even know it."[26] Former Shin Bet Deputy Chief Gideon Ezra said "there are hundreds of collaborators like him. He is not unusual. He just decided to write a book about it", though many other Israeli officials have also praised his work.[27]

Yousef's brother Ouwais denounced a Haaretz report about his brother's activities, saying: "It was full of lies; it's all lies." Ouwais also revealed that the last contact between his family and Mosab took place more than a year before the news of his spying.[28] The Haaretz report on Yousef was described by Hamas MP Mushir al-Masri as "psychological war being waged against the Palestinian people... [it] did not deserve a response".[28] Sheikh Hassan Yousef, Mosab's father, while in an Israeli prison, disowned his son for spying for Israel.[5]

In May 2016, talking to a Jerusalem Post conference in New York, Yousef said that at one point, he was simultaneously working for and being paid by Israel, the United States, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas.[9]

Conversion to Christianity and loss of faith

Yousef met a British missionary in 1999 who introduced him to Christianity.[1] Between 1999 and 2000, Yousef gradually embraced Christianity. In 2005, he was secretly baptized in Tel Aviv by an unidentified Christian tourist. He left the West Bank for the United States in 2007, and lived some time in San Diego, California, where he joined the Barabbas Road Church.[1]

In August 2008, Yousef publicly revealed his Christianity, and renounced Hamas and the Arab leadership, thereby endangering himself and exposing his family in Ramallah to persecution by Hamas and other Islamist groups.[1] Yousef has also claimed that his aim was to bring peace to the Middle East; he hopes to return to his homeland when there is peace.[1]

However, in a December 2025 interview with English journalist and television host Piers Morgan, he stated that he no longer identifies as a Christian. He described his 2005 baptism as "symbolic" and said that although he is influenced by the teachings of Jesus, he has neither attended church nor prayed during the same approximately 15-year period in which he has practiced yoga.[29]

Political asylum in the United States

For a time, Yousef was threatened with deportation from the U.S., after his request for political asylum was denied, since statements in his book about working for Hamas were interpreted as "providing material support to a U.S.-designated terrorist organization", despite Yousef's explanation that they were "intended to undermine the group". His case then proceeded to the deportation stage, despite Yousef's advocates' warning that he would likely be executed by the Palestinian Authority if deported to the West Bank.[30]

On 24 June 2010, Shin Bet handler Gonen Ben Itzhak, who for 10 years worked with Yousef under the cryptonym "Loai", revealed his own identity in order to testify on behalf of Yousef at an immigration hearing in San Diego. Ben Itzhak described Yousef as a "true friend", and said, "he risked his life every day in order to prevent violence".[31][32] Partially as a result of this, Immigration Court Judge Richard J. Bartolomei Jr. ruled on 30 June 2010 that Yousef would be allowed to remain in the United States after being fingerprinted and passing a routine background check.[8] On 23 October 2023, Yousef stated that he holds United States citizenship while speaking to American journalist Jake Tapper in a televised interview.[33]

Views on Islam and Muslims

In 2016, Yousef said Islam as a whole is comparable to Nazism, and must be defeated.[9] At a 2012 event, Yousef said "Islam is not a religion of peace." Yousef tweeted "If I have to choose between 1.6 billion Muslims and a cow, I will choose the cow."[34] He has stated: "I have zero respect for any individual who identifies as a Muslim."[10] In 2021, the Council on American–Islamic Relations accused Yousef of being Islamophobic, citing several past statements.[10]

Amidst the Gaza war following the October 7 attacks of Israelis by Palestinians, Yousef said the cause of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was not primarily driven by the occupation of the West Bank since 2000, or an argument over the distribution of land among peoples, but the "Islamic, religious identity" of Hamas, about which he said "you cannot weaponize your Islamic, religious identity against a religious minority and expect to get away with it. I have to call them out."[35]

In March 2024, Indiana University Hillel invited Yousef to speak, provoking a backlash from student groups who accused Yousef of Islamophobia.[10] The event was postponed.[10] In April 2024, Students Supporting Israel hosted Yousef at Columbia University, amid allegations by opposing student groups that Yousef "promoted Islamophobia".[36]

In May 2024, Yousef spoke at UCSD, where he said that Egypt should open up the Gaza-Egypt border so that the IDF could "burn" the city of Rafah.[37] At the event, Yousef said he never advocated for killing Muslims. The speech was protested by students who accused Mosab Hassan Yousef of Islamophobia.[12]

The next day, Yousef tweeted a photo of a Muslim religious leader on campus with the sentence, "Can someone do me a favor and remove him from campus so the students can focus on their education?" An open letter signed by Christian and Muslim religious leaders claimed the tweet was a threat and incitement to violence, though no threats or violence occurred.[2][38]

Yousef admits that his views on Islam have caused him issues:[35]

Most people don't want to face the truth. When I touch the religious and ideological aspect of the conflict, which is fundamental – I cannot ignore it – when I say Islam is a problem, many Jewish organizations say: Wait a moment, he will be considered an Islamophobe, that's not how we want to represent ourselves.

Controversy over authenticity of beliefs

Walid Shoebat, a former Muslim who became a Christian Zionist, has argued that Yousef presents different versions of his beliefs depending on whether he interacts with Anglophone or Arabic media.[39]

According to Shoebat, Yousef has promoted Palestinian liberation theology– which is anti-Israel– on Al-Arabiya and the Arabic show Daring Question. He wore a keffiyeh during his interview with Daring Question, and on Al-Arabiya he stated "we will have our victory against Israel" and that "Israel is the problem and as an occupation it needs to end".[39]

Also, according to Arutz Sheva (Israel National News), Yousef, interviewed on Al-Hayat TV, stated:

I do not encourage anyone to give information to Israel or collaborate with Israel. If anyone hears me right now and they are in relation to Israeli security I advise them to work for the interest of their own people – number one – and do not work with the [Israeli] enemy against the interest of our people. They should collaborate with the Palestinian Authority only.[40]

Autobiography and documentaries

Yousef's co-authored autobiography, Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices, written with the assistance of Ron Brackin, was published in March 2010.[4][41] Son of Hamas was on The New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks in March 2010.[3]

Yousef collaborated with US-based actor and film producer Sam Feuer in the production of two films: a feature film adaptation of Yousef's book Son of Hamas and documentary The Green Prince, and a historical depiction of the life of the Muslim prophet Muhammad based on the accounts of eighth-century historian Ibn Ishaq.[42] A documentary adaptation of Son of Hamas titled The Green Prince, directed and written by Nadav Schirman, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival,[43] where it won the Audience Award for World Cinema: Documentary. The Green Prince will be re-made into a live-action feature film.[44]

Published works

See also

Notes

  1.  Arabic: مصعب حسن يوسف

References

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  5.  "Hamas leader disowns son". NBC News. 3 January 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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  26.  Sherwell, Philip; Nick Allen (27 February 2010). "'I saved Shimon Peres from plot' says son of Hamas founder". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
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  29.  "They Will KILL Me! Son of Hamas Founder Turned Israeli Agent on Islam 'Identity Crisis'". YouTube. Piers Morgan Uncensored. 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025. At 32:14, Piers Morgan asks Mosab Hassan Yousef whether he is now a Christian.
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  31.  Issacharoff, Avi (24 February 2010). "Haaretz exclusive: Hamas founder's son worked for Shin Bet for years". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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  36.  Forgash, Emily. "University's treatment of student-sponsored speakers sparks debate on free speech principles". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  37.  Olsen, Alexander (19 May 2024). "Tritons For Israel hosts Mosab Hassan Yousef, disowned son of Hamas co-founder". The UCSD Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 November 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  38.  "To: The UCSD Administration, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the San Diego City Council, and the San Diego Sheriff's Department" (PDF).
  39.  Sturm, Tristan; Frantzman, Seth (May 2015). "Religious Geopolitics of Palestinian Christianity: Palestinian Christian Zionists, Palestinian Liberation Theologists, and American Missions to Palestine" (PDF). Middle Eastern Studies. 51 (3): 433–451. doi:10.1080/00263206.2014.971768. JSTOR 24585898.
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The Green Prince (film)

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The Green Prince
Directed byNadav Schirman
Written byNadav Schirman
StarringMosab Hassan Yousef
Music byMax Richter
Release date
  • 16 January 2014 (USA)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesGermany, Israel, USA, UK
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic, Hebrew

The Green Prince (Hebrew: הנסיך הירוק) is a 2014 documentary film directed by Nadav Schirman. It is based on the autobiography of Mosab Hassan Yousef, Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices.[1][2]

The movie received four awards: Best Documentary Award by the Israeli Film Academy (2014), Audience Award during the Moscow International Film Festival (2014), Best Documentary Award at the Sundance Film Festival (2014) and Best Documentary at the Bavarian Film Awards (2015).[3]

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Mosab, son of Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef, who for ten years was a spy for Israel's Shin Bet.[4][5] The documentary features largely interviews with Mosab Hassan Yousef and also with his operator Gonen Ben Yitzhak, with original footage from the events covered, mainly from the Second Intifada, interspersed during and between those interviews. It covers Israel's counter-terrorism efforts during that period.

Cast

References

  1.  Issacharoff, Avi (24 February 2010). "Haaretz exclusive: Hamas founder's son worked for Shin Bet for years". Haaretz. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2.  Harel, Amos (24 February 2010). "When Palestinians keep Israelis safe". Haaretz. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3.  Yousef, Mosab Hassan; Yitzhak, Gonen Ben; Yousef, Sheikh Hassan (27 November 2014), The Green Prince, retrieved 19 April 2017
  4.  "The Green Prince review – gripping Israeli spy documentary".
  5.  "The Green Prince review: Israel's man in Hamas".
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Before the age of twenty-one, Mosab Hassan Yousef saw things no one should ever see: abject poverty, abuse of power, torture, and death. He witnessed the behind-the-scenes dealings of top Middle Eastern leaders who make headlines around the world. He was trusted at the highest levels of Hamas and participated in the Intifada. He was held captive deep inside Israel's most feared prison facility. His dangerous choices and unlikely journey through dark places made him a traitor in the eyes of people he loves-and gave him access to extraordinary secrets. On the pages of this book, he exposes events and processes that to this point have been known only by a handful of individuals. . . .Mosab Hassan ("Joseph") Yousef is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding leader of Hamas, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization and responsible for countless suicide bombings and other deadly attacks against Israel. An integral part of the movement, Mosab was imprisoned several times by the Israeli internal intelligence service. After a chance encounter with a British tourist, he started a six-year quest that jeopardized Hamas, endangered his family, and threatened his life. He has since embraced the teachings of Jesus and sought political asylum in America. Ron Brackin has traveled extensively in the Middle East as an investigative journalist. He was in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Gaza, and Jerusalem during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. He was on assignment in Baghdad after the fall of Iraq and more recently with the rebels and refugees of southern Sudan and Darfur. He has contributed articles and columns to many publications, including "USA Today" and the "Washington Times." Ron served as a broadcast journalist and a congressional press secretary in Washington after graduating from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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The shocking true story of a Hamas insider who rejected his violent destiny-and is now risking everything to expose closely guarded secrets and show the world a way to peace. Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son and heir apparent of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to follow in his footsteps. But everything changed when Mosab embraced the teachings of another famous Middle East leader instead. What he learned changed his life and could alter the course of his country's future-forever. In "Son of Hamas," Mosab reveals new information about the world's most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own secret role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, his dangerous choices, and his belief that the mandate to "love your enemies" is the only way to peace in the Middle East.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tyndale Momentum
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 March 2011
Edition ‏ : ‎ Enlarged ed.
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 302 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1414333080
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1414333083
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.73 x 2.29 x 22.61 cm
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Ron Brackin has authored and ghostwritten more than twenty-five books, including the international bestseller, Son of Hamas, and traveled extensively in the Middle East and North Africa as an investigative journalist.

He served as a broadcast journalist with the all-news CBS radio station in Washington, D.C. and as a congressional press secretary during the Reagan Administration.

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Mosab Hassan Yousef was born in Ramallah, in the Palestinian West Bank in 1978. His father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, is a founding leader of Hamas, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization and responsible for countless suicide bombings and other deadly attacks against Israel. Yousef was an integral part of the movement, for which he was imprisoned several times by the Shin Bet, the Israeli intelligence service. He withstood torture in prison only to discover Hamas was torturing its own people in a relentless search for collaborators. He began to question who his enemies really were—Israel? Hamas? America? While in an Israeli prison, Yousef was approached about becoming a spy for the Shin Bet. Initially, Yousef accepted it with the idea that he would betray them and in hopes he could use the role to protect his father and family. Later, as Yousef saw the hypocrisy within Hamas and became a Christian, he used the position to save lives on both sides of the conflict. Yousef worked as a double agent within Hamas for nearly 10 years. He became a vital intelligence asset for the Israeli government while Yousef served side-by-side with his father within the upper ranks of Hamas. After a chance encounter with a British tourist, Yousef started a six-year quest that jeopardized Hamas, endangered his family and threatened his life. He has since embraced the Christian faith and sought political asylum in America. His story was revealed in the 2008 Fox News documentary “Escape from Hamas.” Yousef ‘s first book Son of Hamas, written with Ron Brackin (SaltRiver), releases March 2, 2010. In Son of Hamas, Yousef reveals new information about this dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth behind his own secret role. He describes his surreal journey to a new faith that instructed him to love his enemies. And he tells the story of the agonizing decisions that led him to walk away from his family, friends and homeland. For blog updates from Yousef, visit www.sonofhamas.com.

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Faamuamua Arasi
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative gripping and Powerful
Reviewed in Australia on 5 December 2025
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Just finished this book. And it is a must read given what’s happening in the world. I couldn’t believe the info I had in hand. I have recommended to my family whom I have differences when it comes to the war in the Middle East. There’s also a touch of humor and inspiring moment through conviction of faith in Christ. Whom I believe with my whole heart, will put an end of the restlessness there is. Looking forward to the next book 🙏🏽🤍✝️
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Darryl Greer
5.0 out of 5 stars A most interesting read
Reviewed in Australia on 21 October 2019
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Mosab Hassan Yousef’s non-fiction book, "Son of Hamas" charts the author’s upbringing in Ramallah in the Palestinian Territories, his secretly working for Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, his conversion to Christianity and his move to the United States, where he had to fight his next battle: deportation due to his Hamas connection. As the title suggests, his father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef was a Hamas leader who spent many years in Israeli prisons. While some elements of the story have been questioned, the alleged facts are far too detailed for me not to accept them at face value. As a child, Yousef wanted to be a fighter because that was expected of Palestinian children in the West Bank. His first arrest came at ten years of age during the First Intifada, for throwing rocks at Israeli settlers. He was further arrested and jailed by Israel numerous times. As Sheik Yousef’s eldest son, he was seen as his heir apparent and became an important part of the Hamas organisation. His doubts about Islam and Hamas began to form when he witnessed Hamas’ brutality and how the organisation, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation by numerous countries and international organisations, including Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, used the lives of suffering civilians and children to achieve its goals. According to the book, while imprisoned and under interrogation by Shin Bet in 1996, he was shocked by its interrogation methods, which he considered humane compared to how Hamas tortured and imprisoned suspected collaborators. He decided to accept a Shin Bet offer to become an informant. Yousef’s account of the matters covered in his book gives a fascinating insight into life for ordinary Palestinians under the brutal Hamas rule, the extraordinary friendship that developed between him and his Shin Bet handler and his conversion to Christianity. "Son of Hamas" is a most interesting read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great story.
Reviewed in Australia on 11 October 2015
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This book took my understanding of everything and turned it upside down. No amount of newspaper clips or articles can give you the real story, this starts at the start and tells you exactly what you needed to know. If you have absolutely no understanding of this war, don't be deterred, it taught me a lot.
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Mary R Szabo
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely INCREDIBLE window into current events by an exceptionally brave & courageous insider
Reviewed in Australia on 20 January 2024
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Riveting! I couldn't put it down. Explains how people with no thought to become radicalised or extremist become so, and what the only real solution to this radicalisation is - learning to truly forgive and love those who wish to harm you (in all senses and on all sides). It also shines the light on human corruption and the pursuit of power and control for selfish ends. It shows that there are reasonable, rational, fair and open-minded people out there on all sides who ARE prepared to stand up for truth and justice at great personal cost. It challenges you to consider what you would do and what choices you would make in a similar situation, and it leaves you with the hope that, though the process is long and exhausting, eventually sense will prevail.
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sharon volschenk
5.0 out of 5 stars Son of Hamas
Reviewed in Australia on 12 July 2025
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Informative, poignant… so many things in life we are unaware of, or do not understand. An amazing read from an amazing man
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B Aviv
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Australia on 14 December 2024
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Must read to get an insight you will not hear from the mainstream media
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Simon A. Long
5.0 out of 5 stars If you haven't read it then read it.
Reviewed in Australia on 8 February 2025
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It's an excellent and interesting book, with what you'd expect in terms of an insight into the Gaza Israel struggle.
Unexpected things, how Hamas is torturing fellow Palestinian prisoners to get them to confess to be working for Israel, it's the weaker prisoners who are targeted, those without powerful connections outside of the prison.
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Julie
5.0 out of 5 stars God truly works in mysterious ways!!
Reviewed in Australia on 16 December 2023
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What is the probability of the son of Hamas working alongside the son of a General in the Israeli Armed Forces under top secrecy to save innocent lives caught up in violent extremist ideoloy and forge an enduring friendship with each other? A journey of the awakening of a soul and the many struggles, risks, sacrifices and torments he had to face. His gradual realization of the differences between a God of Wrath and a God of Love, and what will truly set him free.
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Elizabeth M
5.0 out of 5 stars a truth teller
Reviewed in Australia on 8 November 2023
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what an amazing book for anyone who did not understand the middle east and Hamas. and what an amazing man to be able to see through the ideological brain washing and explore christianity and value life. i salute him.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An eye opener!
Reviewed in Australia on 4 December 2023
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Provides clarity on what is actually happening in the Middle East. And what is happening will never cease until one culture disappears, sadly 😥
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Sima
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed this read
Reviewed in Australia on 25 March 2024
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Awesome
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Arvi
5.0 out of 5 stars The realism of it all
Reviewed in Australia on 24 April 2020
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Was great to see that are some people left out there in the real world who have the courage to speak up by which means available to them despite the consequences. Very insightful book, thank you Mr Mossab Hassan Yousef and Ron Brackin
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Steven
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, Remarkable
Reviewed in Australia on 13 August 2018
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An incredible story that should be read by all who have an interest in understanding the Middle East and peace.
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Bookaholic
5.0 out of 5 stars You couldn't ask for a better insider view of Islamic terrorism
Reviewed in Australia on 28 January 2015
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Fascinating account of growing up inside Hamas. Things are of course more complex and multi faceted and ambiguous that an outside might ever appreciate. Yousef helps explain some of these paradoxes, like how someone can show love and compassion for some, whilst plotting terror exploits against Israel.
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Steve Auld
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Book
Reviewed in Australia on 27 January 2015
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At last someone has written the truths about the Palestine Israeli conflict. For the first time I understand some of the motives and consequently actions of the stakeholders. My prayer is that he is successful in changing the hearts of his people.
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Anthony Ernest Hall
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on 31 October 2015
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The writer is incredible Well done shows how the live
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5.0 out of 5 stars Despite daunting descriptions of prejudice, hatred, terrorism, ...
Reviewed in Australia on 1 December 2014
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Despite daunting descriptions of prejudice, hatred, terrorism, brutality, torture and intrigue the final outcome of this book for me was to be a sign of hope that even seemingly intractable situations such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can eventually be resolved.
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Charles M Gustavino
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on 3 September 2014
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Interesting and did not disappoint. A very brave man indeed.
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Stephen Pugh
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing story, I would recommend reading this book by ...
Reviewed in Australia on 14 August 2014
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An amazing story, I would recommend reading this book by all religions and atheists an amazing story by an amazing man
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Tara
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on 27 November 2014
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Amazing! Must read ... Finally to get a different inside true perspective his story is unbelievable 👌👌
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