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 continue: 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.
On the Arabic-language show Daring Question, Mosab wore the symbol of pro-Palestine advocates, the kaffiyeh: With a balanced approach I discuss the life of the Palestinian child under the Israeli occupation, of course my life suffered under all the problems of murder and the criminal operations that were carried out by the Israeli occupation against my people, my family, myself, and against humanity. To Mosab, the Palestinian struggle was lacking: while he praises Hamas leaders as "heroes and glorious defenders," he instructs them to enlist more educated political defenders like himself: With regret, our great leaders and mighty heroes and glorious defenders over there did not realize that instead of spending their wealth and monies on silly issues, they needed to enlist in their ranks
writers and educated individuals in order to reverse the image of the Palestinian struggle. Mosab stated that he is only against Hamas methodology, but not their agenda: It appeared at first that my desire was to seek revenge against Hamas. … How could I do such a thing … revenge [against] my own father? He is one of the leaders of Hamas. Perhaps the most shocking revelation: Mosab asks Arabs not to report terrorist activity. The host of Daring Question asked a caller: If you were in Mosab's position and have two choices: either someone from Hamas will be killed, or school children in a bus will be killed, will you report it? The Arab Christian caller vacillated, then Mosab spoke: If I was in your shoes, you should not report it to Israel. I do not encourage anyone to give information to Israel or collaborate with Israel. If anyone hears me right now and they are in relation to Israeli security I advise them to work for the interest of their own people — number one — and do not work with the [Israeli] enemy against the interest of our people. They should collaborate with the Palestinian Authority only. Most in the West do not understand the Arab "Christian" position when it comes to Israel. Witness the Daring Question host Rasheed, a Christian convert from Islam himself, pardoning Mosab from any wrongdoing: the pardon is not for Mosab's connection to Hamas, but for his collaboration with Israel. To Rasheed, Mosab's collaboration was during his Muslim life, while he was still unforgiven: He [Mosab] did not become Christian then collaborate with Israel. He used to collaborate with Israel, then became Christian. Mosab's book Son of Hamas — published in English — does not express Mosab's views as openly as his Arabic statements do, and the book is additionally littered with factual errors and exaggerations. For example: Mosab portrays the Jerusalem prison as a center for torture and persecution of Palestinians. The reality is much kinder; each inmate has his own bed and an in-the-cell shower as well. I know this — I was a prisoner there myself. We ate three full meals a day, and drank tea or sweet punch. And Mosab fails to mention that the Maskubia had Jewish inmates as well, who received the same treatment as the Palestinians and ate out of the same menu. Yes, you were beaten by security when lives were at stake: I witnessed first-hand Israeli soldiers in the corridor beating an inmate who attempted to kill his cellmate (I was selected to clean the mess afterward). What was so shocking to me at the time? The attempted murderer was a Jew. have never heard of Israelis killing Palestinians in prison. Yet Palestinian prisoners do kill each other, as Mosab himself describes. Palestinian inmates killed my landlord Muneer Abu-Sayb'a from Bethlehem, yet his death was blamed on Israel. My friend Basem Hanuneh was brutally murdered — his privates removed and stuffed in his mouth — which was also blamed on Israel. Mosab is now touring churches to end Israel's lifeline. Many Jews and Christians in the West are unable to determine friend from foe in the Mideast; they are not able to read what is said in Arabic. They must seek translations, and must be aware of double agents like Mosab.
Walid Shoebat is the author of God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible. Original published on Pajamas Media May 5th 2011 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-mosab-yousef-saga-did-hamas-%E2%80%98defector%E2%80%99-dupe-all-of-us/
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Killing Terror Leaders: Israel's Experience - Ronen Bergman (Wall Street Journal)
In 1995, when unknown assailants tried to kill then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Ethiopia, the CIA and the Egyptian intelligence service requested the Israeli Mossad's assistance in investigating the incident.
The Mossad discovered that Iran and a hitherto unknown mujahedeengroup were jointly responsible. Notable among these veterans of the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan who had found refuge in Sudan was a certain wealthy Saudi by the name of bin Laden.
The Mossad set up a Global Jihad desk - the first Western intelligence organization to do so - and was also the first to at tempt, unsuccessfully, to assassinate bin Laden: In 1995, it recruited his secretary to poison him.
It has long been evident that targeted killings are an invaluable component of the military arsenal in the fight against terrorism. The Jewish state has repeatedly eliminated field operatives and military, political and ideological leaders of organizations it has deemed dangerous.
Since the mid-1990s, Israel has shared a great deal of technology that it developed in its use of drones with the U.S. Today, drones are America's primary weapon in its own targeted killings.
Israel also trained U.S. special forces in penetration and ambush techniques in urban environments - techniques that were later put into practice in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
PA Poll: Only 21 Percent See Themselves as Palestinians First(WAFA-PA)
A new survey of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza published Wednesday by Near East Consulting asked respondents how they identify themselves. 57% identified themselves as Muslims first, 21% identified themselves as Palestinians, 19% as human beings, and 5% as Arabs.
About 40% said they believe the Islamic caliphate is the best governmental system for Palestinians, 24% chose a system like one of the Arab countries, and 12% prefer a system like one of the European countries.
How Syria's Uprising Threatens Hizbullah - Randa Slim (Foreign Policy)
The popular uprisings in Syria represent the most serious challenge to Hizbullah since the 2006 war with Israel.
A regime change in Syria would threaten a major arms supply route to Hizbullah; deny the Iran-Syria-Hizbullah-Hamas axis its Arab linchpin; weaken Hizbullah's deterrence capacities vis-a-vis Israel; and deny Hizbullah leaders and their families a safe haven when they feel threatened by Israel, as was the case in 2006.
In a recent round of interviews I conducted with Hizbullah officials in Beirut, all those I spoke to agreed that a regime change in Syria would not occur easily or peacefully.
So far, Hizbullah officials believe that Bash ar al-Assad will survive.
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A squabble over seating before the signing of a reconciliation pact between Fatah and Hamas illustrates the internal tensions that persist between the two groups. Wednesday's ceremony in Cairo was delayed for two hours because of a last-minute spat over whether Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal would be seated on the podium with Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas and permitted to address guests.
The agreement places new hurdles on American-led efforts to forge a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. Partnering with Hamas could backfire and taint Abbas' international reputation for being a moderate, or alienate the U.S. and other nations that provide much of his g overnment's financial backing. Hamas, which last month renewed rocket attacks on southern Israel from Gaza, refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist or to renounce violence.
A strict federal law bars any support for the Palestinian Authority if its government includes terrorists as defined by U.S. law. Since Hamas is officially designated a terrorist organization, U.S. officials could be restricted from training Palestinian Authority security forces and from other official contacts as well. (Los Angeles Times)
See also Clinton Leaves Door Open after Palestinian Deal - Alan Cowell
While Mr. Abbas seemed certain to laud the advantages of Palestinian unity, European aversion to Hamas may well make Mr. Netanyahu's mission easier, analysts in Paris said, though many European countries, including France, have been largely sympathetic to the Palesti nian cause. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strikingly refused to rule out further negotiations with a Palestinian side that included Hamas, though she reiterated the Obama administration's call for Hamas to accept basic conditions that included renouncing violence and recognizing Israel's right to exist. (New York Times)
See also "No U.S. Taxpayer Funds to New Palestinian Unity Government" - Jennifer Rubin
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said in an interview: "No taxpayer funds should go, they must not go" to the new Palestinian unity government. "Hamas is designated as a foreign terrorist organization" and U.S. taxpayer funding is prohibited under current law, she told me. (Washington Post)
The Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus released a report that says Iran's elite Al-Quds force offers support to al-Qaeda. The ties date back to the 1990s when Al-Quds members worked with the Iranian-backed Hizbullah to train and equip bin Laden's holy warriors. After 9/11, "hundreds of al-Qaeda members, along with family members of core al-Qaeda leaders like Osama bin Laden, have found refuge inside Iran," the report said. (AFP)
Gaza's Islamist-run government on Wednesday executed Abdel-Karim Shrair, 37, a former policeman convicted of collaborating with Israel, the Hamas interior ministry said. The man was executed by firing squad after being sentenced to death last month for helping "the Israeli occupation." Under Palestinian law, executions should be carried out only with the approval of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but Hamas ignored this. (Reuters)
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Israel will not negotiate with a "Palestinian version of al-Qaeda," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday. "Declaring statehood in September is a dictate - and you don't achieve peace through dictates. It's a very bad idea," Netanyahu told Cameron during their talks in London. "When Abu Mazen (Abbas) embraces Hamas - an organization committed to our destruction - it is a tremendous setback for peace and an advance for terror," Netanyahu said. "We are talking about a Palestinian government in which half the members call for destruction of Israel and fire rockets on our cities."
The real issue, he e xplained, is not the question of a Palestinian state, but rather of a Jewish state. "The refusal of the Palestinian Arabs to accept our country is at the root of the conflict." (Ha'aretz)
A close ideological link exists between the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda. The two organizations aspire to the similar goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate and imposing Islam over the entire world via jihad. Al-Qaeda sprang from the foundations of the Muslim Brotherhood. Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, started out as Muslim Brotherhood activists.
The Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates in Jordan and the Palestinian territories openly condemn bin Laden's "assassination," disproving the claim that the Muslim Brotherhood is a pragmatic movement. The Islamic movement in Israel, headed by Ra'ed Salah, also condemned "the assassination of the Sheikh a nd martyr Osama bin Laden." (Jeusalem Center for Public Affairs)
"The chances for a true reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas in the next two-three years are slim," outgoing Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin said Wednesday. Diskin believes the Palestinian unity deal has been struck "mostly for the sake of appearances, in an attempt to show unity. From here on, there are many things both sides don't know how to apply in theory, let alone on the ground." (Ynet News)
Observations:
Did the U.S. comply with international strictures when it killed the al-Qaeda leader rather than capturing him and bringing him before a court of law? International law recognizes a country's inherent right to act in self-defense, and it makes no distinction between vindicating these rights through a drone strike or through a boots-on-the-ground operation.
Much has been made of the disclosure that Osama bin Laden was unarmed, but this, too, is irrelevant in determining whether the operation was lawful. It is easy in the light of day to second-guess decisions made in the heat of war. It is particularly easy for those who refuse to acknowledge that war in the first place. The covert military operation that brought down the most wanted terrorist in the world appears to have been gutsy and well executed. It was also lawful. (Washington Post)
The Fatah-Hamas accord is unlikely to produce either unity or improve prospects for peacemaking; indeed, it could actually make serious negotiations and a settlement harder to achieve. Against the backdrop of a largely young and secular Arab Spring, Hamas' message has grown old and tired; its Islamist trope isn't all that compelling any more. Nor was armed struggle ever a terribly resonant tactic if the goal was to improve the lives of Palestinians in Gaza. In addition, Hamas' association with two regimes (Syria and Iran) that are gunning down their own citizens in the streets isn't an endearing image for the Palestinian public.
How can anyone say to Israelis that they have to negotiate with - much less make concessi ons to - a Palestinian government, half of which won't recognize Israel or lay down its arms? (Foreign Policy)
It would be a big mistake to allow Hamas to take advantage of the Oslo Accords once again to run in an election. The Americans and Europeans must make it clear to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that his new partners in Hamas should accept the two-state solution, renounce violence and honor the Oslo Accords as a precondition for joining a unity government or running in an election.
Abbas must do this before, and not after, he goes to the UN in September to demand recognition of a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 lines. If he fails to do so, and if the UN votes in favor of a state in September, the world could wake up one day to discover a Hamas-controlled state in the West Bank and Gaza. Hamas' chances of w inning the elections are good, especially given the fact that many Palestinians see the reconciliation agreement as a victory for the Islamist movement and its ideology. (Hudson Institute-New York)
See also Support the Palestinian Unity Government - Jimmy Carter (Washington Post)
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