By William Tucker
It has been revealed that Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, turned on his father’s organization and spied for Israel. According to the Times Online, the junior Yousef had become disenfranchised with the spate of suicide bombings and offered his services to Shin Bet. According to Israeli sources, the intelligence Yousef provided put several members of Hamas in jail and prevented numerous suicide bombings. Much of Yousef’s exploits will be detailed in his forthcoming book, Son of Hamas, which should help shed some light on the inner workings of Hamas.
Getting people inside terrorist or criminal organizations is not an easy task and sometimes, though most intelligence officers won’t admit it, luck plays a crucial role. This is very much evident in Yousef’s case. From a counterintelligence standpoint it seems that Hamas’s internal security suffered a major failure and I for one am curious as to why.
The Times Online article is here
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