Hassan Yousef

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Sheikh Hassan Yousef from Ramallah was born in 1955. He is a founder of Hamas and one of its leaders in the West Bank. He is considered a member of Hamas' moderate faction, ^[1] though he refrains from any talk of rapprochement between Israel and the Palestinians. He is also considered one of the spiritual leaders of Hamas.

Yousef is married to Sabba Abu Salem. They have six sons, including the self-confessed Israeli spy^[2] Mosab, and three daughters.

Politics

Yousef was arrested by the Israeli authorities several times, starting from 1993. He became the visible leader of the Second Intifada.

While in jail in 2005, Yousef was nominated to represent Hamas during the elections. This was against his will, as he did not think that Hamas could become a political party. He was initially unwilling but the Hamas leaders did not accept his refusal. Yousef eventually agreed, when he found out that his eldest son had received death threats.^[3]

References

↑ Avi Issacharoff , Haarez News, 21 June 2006
↑ Gonen ben Yitzhak and Mosab Hassan Yousef. "The Heart of the Matter" reprint from The Washington Post, June 30, 2010
↑ Yousef, Mosab Hassan and Ron Brackin, Son of Hamas. SaltRiver, 2010. ISBN 9781414333076 p235

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Name	Yousef, Hassan
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Short description	Leader of Hamas
Date of birth	1955
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