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Hamas' "Prince" Who Was Spy For Israel

He was Israel's most valuable spy inside Hamas - and certainly the most unlikely.

For more than a decade, Mosab Hassan Yousef disrupted dozens of suicide bombings and assassination attempts by Palestinian militant groups, incl. Hamas.

Infiltrating the upper echelons of Hamas came relatively easy for Yousef: He is the son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef.

Yousef was recruited by the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, in 1996 after he was arrested.

Inside Israel's intelligence community, he became known as the "Green Prince" - a nod to the color of Hamas' flag and his pedigree as the son of one of its founders.

Yousef's exploits are the stuff of legend.

Yousef's astonishing career as a spy is chronicled in his soon-to-be released memoir, "Son of Hamas" (Salt River Press).

To learn more (MUST READ!!):
☞ Israel's man in Hamas just 'wanted to save lives' (Haaretz, 2.26)

While the release of "Son of Hamas" attracted/attracts a lot of attention in the int'l (of course mainly bourgeois) media, Hamas' on-topic statement (via PIC, 2.24) was somehow fuzzy:

Masri belittles pro-Israeli news fabrications against Hamas

Senior Hamas official Mushir Al-Masri on Wednesday played down the importance of news fabrications published by Israeli media outlets and some Palestinian and Arab newspapers loyal to Israel, affirming that such smear campaigns would never affect the bright image of his Movement.

In a press statement, Masri called on the Palestinian and Arab media to be precise about the news reported by the Israeli media and biased newspapers.

He underlined that it was not the first time the pro-Zionist media fabricated news in an attempt to undermine the will of the resistance and affect the spirits and steadfastness of the Palestinian people.

“There is no doubt that such fabricated news are meant to mix up cards and influence the investigation into the assassination of martyr Mabhouh, but all this will not affect the bright image of Hamas and the resistance," the Hamas official emphasized.