On June 30, 2010, I wrote this about Mosab Hassan Yousef, author of Son of Hamas: "It sounds as if Mosab Hassan Yousef hasn't modified his old Hamas views all that much...I am surprised that the Jewish groups that are so earnestly championing his cause don't seem to have read his book very closely."
And it turns out my suspicions were correct. "The Mosab Yousef Saga: Did Hamas ‘Defector’ Dupe All of Us?," by Walid Shoebat in Pajamas Media, May 5 (thanks to Tim):
While a prisoner of Israel in 1996, Mosab Hassan Yousef — the son of Sheik Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas — was approached by Shin Bet agents who looked to recruit him to spy within Hamas. He agreed. Mosab’s information soon had Shin Bet calling him “the most reliable source in the Hamas leadership,” and Israeli lives were undoubtedly saved as a result of Mosab’s collaboration.Despite this success, Yousef has since revealed himself to be more double agent than turncoat.
During the initial contact within Israel’s Maskubia (Jerusalem’s central prison), Mosab agreed to collaborate in exchange for Israel not targeting his father. After years of providing valuable intelligence, in 2007 Mosab declared his conversion to Christianity, moved to California, and went public with his story. His tale was a sensation, drawing attention and praise from U.S. pro-Israel organizations. But his tale has since been revealed to be a “long con,” the evidence coming from when he speaks publicly in Arabic.
Mosab did not convert to what the West would recognize as Christianity, but to a fiery, Palestinian brand of the faith that is vehemently anti-Israel. According to Mosab, his main goal in coming to the U.S. is to infiltrate the main source of international support for Israel: the American church. From an interview with Al-Arabiya:
During my tours in universities and even churches, [I found] the real support for Israel stems from the church in the West. … We need to understand the difference between “revenge” and “resistance” and once the Palestinians do, we will have our victory against Israel.Activists like Mosab know very well that Western media rarely translate their doublespeak. He continues:
Israel is the problem and as an occupation it needs to end. … There are many ways to do this besides the coward explosive operations.Mosab’s formula? Infiltrate the West with his book:
This will be the first time in history that a Palestinian book will find success so that the Western reader can see for himself the reality of what goes on over there. People in the West do not know what happens over there.


























Robert wrote: I am surprised that the Jewish groups that are so earnestly championing his cause don't seem to have read his book very closely.
Walid Shoebat wrote: His tale was a sensation, drawing attention and praise from U.S. pro-Israel organizations.
There is, unfortunately, a mindset common among liberal middle-class westeners, particularly non-orthodox Jews sadly, to always look for the 'good' and minimize the dodgy in people. They are so desparate to find affirmation that their trusting "make nice, and don't ruffle feather" lifestyle will pay dividends that they just connot believe anyone would actually try to deceive them - pure naivity.
It was this same trust in face value and the ignoring of evil intent that paralysed the Jews of Europe from saving themselves and ultimately let them be herded to the cattle trucks.