Last updated on:
12/3/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Mosab Hassan Yousef Biography
- Title:
- Son of Hamas cofounder Hassan Yousef
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“My people need more important things than a Palestinian state. A Palestinian state is going to destroy their future. It’s a very small country already. There is no room for another state into that small country.”
Chabad of the Town, “Son of Hamas Trailer: Excerpts from a Keynote Speech Delivered by Mosab Hassan Yousef in Montreal on May 25th 2011,” www.youtube.com, May 25, 2011
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Son of Hamas cofounder Hassan Yousef
- Speaker, Ambassador Speakers Bureau
- Speaker, American Program Bureau (APB)
- Undercover Agent, Shin Bet (Israel’s Internal Security Service), 1997-2007
- Education:
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- None found
- Other:
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- Born in Ramallah, Palestine, on May 5, 1978
- Also known as Joseph Yousef
- Moved to the US in 2007 where he was granted political asylum
- A documentary adaptation of his autobiography Son of Hamas was released in 2014 under the title The Green Prince