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Mideast March 10, 2010  RSS feed

Hamas leader disowns son

FAMILY FEUD…

A Hamas leader has disowned his son after learning that he spied on the terrorist group for Israel.

Sheik Hassan Yousef, who has been held in an Israeli prison since 2005, said in a statement that he, his wife and other children disown his oldest son. The statement reportedly was smuggled out of the prison.

Mosab Hassan Yousef, 32, served for more than a decade as the Shin Bet’s most valuable source on Hamas. He converted to Christianity 10 years ago and left the West Bank in 2007 for California, where he now lives.

His spying was reported by the Israeli daily Haaretz in advance of the release of “Son of Hamas,” a book written by Yousef and Rob Brackin. (JTA)