In 2007, Mosab completed the trifecta of heresies: He not only betrayed Hamas and collaborated with Israel, but he renounced Islam. He had been reading the Bible in secret for years. He was particularly moved by the Sermon on the Mount—specifically the command to "love your enemies."
Son of Hamas is a complex tale that defies simple narratives, offering an insider's view of the "hell" of the conflict, as Yousef describes it, and the difficult choices made in the pursuit of a different future. Son Of Hamas
In a twist that defies conventional logic, it was not the Israeli interrogator who broke him—it was Hamas. In 2007, Mosab completed the trifecta of heresies:
In 1997, the Son of Hamas made a decision that would get him marked for death. He walked back into the Shin Bet headquarters and offered to spy on his own organization. For the next decade, Mosab Yousef became the most valuable informant in the history of the Shin Bet. In a twist that defies conventional logic, it
In the annals of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, few stories are as shocking, controversial, or difficult to categorize as that of Mosab Hassan Yousef. To the Western world, he is known as the "Son of Hamas." To his former comrades in the Palestinian militant group, he is al-Khinzir —"The Pig." To Israeli intelligence, he was once their most valuable asset, codenamed "The Green Prince." And to himself, he is a man who traded jihad for Jesus.
That question planted a seed. Mosab realized that Hamas was not fighting for Palestinian freedom; it was fighting for the extermination of Jews. He concluded that the ideology of his father was a death cult.
