Since he was a small boy, mosab hassan yousef has had an inside view of. Christian rights favorite exmuslim mosab hassan yousef, pronounced as a fraud by walid shoebat son of hamas denounced as a phony by. A gripping account of terror, betrayal, political intrigue, and unthinkable choices by mosab hassan yousef. My father was a hamas leader, i was an israeli spy channel 4 news. Book mosab hassan yousef for speaking, events and appearances. Son of hamas gets political asylum mosab hassan yousef, the son of a cofounder of hamas, has won his bid for political asylum in the united states, according to the san diego uniontribune. Rejecting what i am in this book was a lot more dangerous and challenging than hanging out in a room full of explosives and suicide bombers. Since he was a small boy, mosab hassan yousef has had an inside vie.
My father was a hamas leader, i was an israeli spy. Yousef was born to sheikh hassan yousef, a founding member of hamas, in ramallah, west bank, in 1978. His story was revealed in the 2008 fox news documentary escape from hamas. Yousef wrote a book, son of hamas, published in 2010. A gripping account of terror, betrayal, political intrigue, and unthinkable choices, has an absolutely amazing story. Son of hamas wins asylum fight the san diego uniontribune. Son of hamas mosab hassan yousef mosab hassan yousef is a palestinian and son of a hamas founder and leader sheikh hassan yousef. Senior hamas leader disowns son who spied for israel. Peter baum interviews mosab hassan yousef at the israel breakfast club located in southend, england mosab was born in bir zeit, near ramallah on the west bank, 19780506.
Son of hamas mosab hassan yousef 9781414333076 netgalley. For several weeks, many people have asked me why i havent written about mosab hassan yousef aka son of hamas. But hes got a story to tell, one he delivers in his new book published this week. Peter baum intrerviews mosad hassan yousaf, the green. New york mosab hassan yousef, who helped israels security forces kill and arrest members of the islamic militant group hamas, is probably marked for death. Barack hussein obama tries to expel son of hamas news. The son of hamas returns to tel aviv avi issacharoff meets up again with mosab hassan yousef, the green prince whose lifesaving role as an israeli agent he first uncovered. Suheib yousef, son of hamas cofounder sheikh hassan yousef and younger brother of green prince mosab hassan yousef, deserted his post in turkey, flew to an undisclosed asian country and then gave an interview to an israeli journalist in which he excoriated the terrorist organizations corruption. His father, sheikh hassan yousef, was a hamas leader who spent many years in israeli prisons. I tell him i dont see any sign of any such realization. Son of hamas, by mosab hassan yousef, retells the true story of a young palestinian boy growing up in the shadow of his father, a prominent muslim leader.
Mosab hassan yousef received the news during a 15minute deportation hearing after a us department of homeland security attorney said the government was. Yousef, a christian convert, is the son of sheikh hassan yousef, one of the most prominent hamas figures in the west bank. Mosab hassan yousef is the son of hamas founder and charismatic leader, sheikh hassan yousef. Son of hamas is now available in softcover with an allnew chapter about events since the book s release such as the revelation of mosab s israeli intelligence handlers true identity, and homeland securitys effort to deport the author. Why mosab, son of hamas founder converted to christianity. Mosab hassan yousef was born in ramallah, in the west bank in 1978. So, yes, we might be thousands of miles away, in otherworldly, mellow south florida, but im assuming hamas hasnt forgotten the score it has to settle, and that mosab is protected accordingly. Mosab hassan yousef on his book, son of hamas youtube. As pastor matt smith sat wednesday in the federal immigration detention center in otay mesa, he thought back to an afternoon in 2008 when he and mosab hassan yousef. Mosab hassan yousef was born in bir zeit, near ramallah on the west bank in 1978. Last year, a man named mosab hassan yousef was on tour to promote his new book, son of hamas and to tell the story about his amazing conversion from islam to christianity. Hamas, one of the muslim factions, acted as a peaceful organization at first but escalated to the extremes of terrorism and.
Nadav schirman, mosab hassan yousef based on the book by mosab hassan yousef, gonen ben yitzhak, sheikh hassan yousef. Israeli spy mosab hassan yousuf, son of a founder of hamas, explains his dramatic switch of loyalties. Islam is a religion of war and most muslims dont understand the true nature of islam. Mosab hassan yousef is a powerful speaker who reveals the truth behind terrorism, without pulling any punches. Mosab hassan yousef has had an inside view of the deadly. Yousef s first book son of hamas, written with ron brackin saltriver, releases. Hamas shaken by claim an insider spied for israel the. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
Book mosab hassan yousef to speak at your next event. Christian rights favorite exmuslim mosab hassan yousef. Bbc world service news hamas founders son spied for. Mosab hassan yousef, the son of the spiritual leader of hamas, sheikh hassan yousef, announced his project in jerusalem at a press conference on tuesday. The son of a founding leader in the palestinian organization, hamas, becomes a spy for the israelis. His brother, mosab hassan yousef, also defected from hamas in the late 90s and secretly worked with israels security services to expose and prevent several hamas suicide attacks. Contact apb speakers for bio, videos, topics, and to inquire about speaking fees and availability. Mosab hassan yousef, who famously converted to christianity, served for over a decade as the shin bet security services most valuable source in the militant. The oldest son of sheikh hassan yousef, a founding member of hamas and its most popular. Suheib yousef son of hamas cofounder sheikh hassan yousef, and brother of mosab yousef, who became know as the green prince for his efforts to help.
Since he was a small boy, mosab hassan yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group hamas. Mosab hassan yousef, center, and gonen ben yitzhak are the. The green prince 2014 pg 1h 41min documentary, biography 2014 israel 2 videos 15 images. Id read his book when it first came out, in 2010, and id watched the subsequent. The oldest son of the 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. Mosab hassan yousef wrote the book son of hamas, and called allah a terrorgod this is a fight between us homeland security and son of hamas, between evil and good, between lies and the truth. The book is the autobiography of 32yearold mosab hassan yousef. Son of hamas to make film about islam, prophet muhammad.
Now 32, mosab is the son of sheikh hassan yousef, a founder and leader of the palestinian terrorist group hamas. Theyve naively bought into the gushing on the right and by the clueless professional counterjihad class over this guy and the book someone else wrote for him. Idf arrests senior hamas figure hassan yousef in west bank yousef is the father of mosab hassan yousef, the ramallahborn hamas operative who secretly. The film alternates between mosab hassan yousef and gonen ben itzak, his shin bet handler. Mosab is also new york times bestselling author of this book called son of hamas. A staggering series of events took mosab hassan yousef from the home of the terror. Son of hamas is now available with an allnew chapter about events since the book s release such as the revelation of mosab s israeli intelligence handlers true identity, and homeland securitys effort to deport the author. Idf arrests senior hamas figure hassan yousef in west bank. Mosab hassan yousef, the eldest son and expected heir to sheikh hassan yousef, one of hamas foremost leaders in the west bank, said that governments pushing for a palestinian state are playing with fire.
Mosab hassan yousef quotes mosab hassan yousef quotes showing 125 of 25 i asked myself what palestinians would do if israel disappeared if everything not only went back to the way it was before 1948 but if all the jewish people abandoned the holy land and were scattered again. Mosab hassan yousef was born in ramallah, in the palestinian west bank in 1978. Son of hamas founder claims islam wants to control the. 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. Mosab hassan yousef addresses an afmda event in florida, december 2018 courtesy. Hamas scion turned israel spy making film on islam. This edgeofyourseat book tells the true story of fus conversion to christianity, his arrest and imprisonment for starting an illegal house church, his harrowing escape, and his subsequent rise to prominence in the united states as an advocate for his oppressed brethren.
You are people of the book and we are muslims and we have no animosity toward you. Palestinian state is a bad idea because for 60 years, the palestinians tried to destroy israel. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. 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. During the early years of yousef s life, he experienced the israeli and palestinian feud escalate to scary heights. Mosab hassan yousef is the son of sheikh hassan yousef, a founding member of hamas and its most popular leader a founder of the palestinian islamic terrorist group hamas in his book son of hamas he recalls how he embraced christianity and how he worked as a secret agent for the israeli intelligence agency shin bet for over a decade to halt terrorist attacks throughout israel. Mosab hassan yousef, 32, had been denied political asylum in february 2009 because the department of homeland security said he posed a terrorist threat. The oldest son of sheikh hassan yousef, a founding. To be sure, the writing is clumsy in places, but that occasional distraction does nothing to blunt the impact of the material.
In a new book, mosab hassan yousef said that after being released by the israelis following his arrest in 1996, he began to supply intelligence to israels internal security service, shin bet. Before signing with apb to represent him, yousef toured the world speaking at events and venues where it was a miracle just to get a ticket. Senior pastor jim nicodem had warned his members that the story of yousef, now known as joseph, was controversial and could possibly upset some, according to kane county chronicle. His son, mosab hassan yousef, says in a new book that he helped israel thwart dozens of attacks by the palestinian group. Fascinating video in extended article chabad of the conejo hosted a lecture with mosab hassan yousef, author of the book son of hamas. The oldest son 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 assume his legacy, politics, status. His father, sheikh hassan yousef, is a founding leader of hamas, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization and responsible for countless suicide bombings and. The lecture, held at the hyatt westlake plaza hotel. Mosab hassan yousef, a son of prominent west bank mp sheikh hassan yousef, founder of the hamas terrorist organization, has discussed his conversion to christianity in an interview with the israeli newspaper haaretz. Mosab hassan yousef later joseph was born in ramallah, a city 10 kilometers 6. The film and book document how the oldest son of hamas founder sheik hassan yousef, instead of following in his fathers footsteps and becoming a hamas leader as expected, became a spy for shin bet, israels internal security agency. Mosab hassan yousef is a palestinian who worked undercover for israels internal security service shin bet from 1997 to 2007. Learn more about mosab hassan yousefs book, son of hamas.
Son of hamas, a story that feels like a longlost abrahamic fable that has morphed into contemporary history, is explosive. He is the oldest of five brothers and three sisters. Son of hamas founder gains us asylum world news the. Hamas scion turned israel spy making film on islam reuters. The son of hamas returns to tel aviv the times of israel. Mosab yousef explains steps that lead to leaving hamas mosab hassan yousef, the oldest son of one of the founding members of hamas, explains some of the steps that convinced him to. The oldest son of sheikh hassan yousef, a founding member of hamas and its most popular leader, young mosab assisted. Israeli spy, son of hamas leader, criticizes islam. Hamas founders son helped shin bet foil attack on peres. I think this is the time to expose the real nature of islam, said yousef to reporters gathered. An attempt on the life of thenforeign minister shimon peres in 2001 was foiled by mosab hassan yousef, the son of one of the founders of hamas who worked for more than a decade as a shin bet security service agent, according to a soontobereleased book. Second son of hamas leader flees group, condemns it as. Before signing exclusively with apb, he toured the world speaking at events and venues where it was a miracle just to get a ticket. The green prince tells the story of mosab hassan yousef the.
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