Mosab Hassan Yousef was born in Ramallah, a city 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Jerusalem. His father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, was a Hamas leader who spent many years in Israeli prisons. He is the oldest of five brothers and three sisters. When Yousef was growing up he wanted to be a fighter because that was expected of Palestinian children in the West Bank. Yousef was first arrested when he was ten, during the First Intifada, for throwing rocks at Israeli settlers. He was further arrested and jailed by Israel numerous times. As his fathers eldest son, he was seen as his heir apparent and became an important part of the Hamas organization. Yousefs 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 their goals. Yousef was held by Shin Bet agents in 1996. While in prison, he was shocked by Shin Bets interrogation methods, which he considered humane, when compared to how Hamas operatives tortured imprisoned suspected collaborators. https://youtube/watch?v=Vl641IFO10g
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:28:06 +0000
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