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Mosab Hassan Yousef

1978 - Today

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Mosab Hassan Yousef (born 5 May 1978) is an American author and ex-Palestinian militant who defected to Israel in 1997, thereafter working as an Israeli spy for the Shin Bet until he moved to the United States in 2007. His father is Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist organisation Hamas. A New York Times bestselling author, he is known for his outspoken criticisms of Hamas, the pro-Palestinian movement and Islam's treatment of non-Muslims. The Shin Bet considered Yousef to be Israel's most valuable source within the Hamas leadership: the information he supplied allowed Israel to successfully thwart dozens of Palestinian suicide attacks against civilians and prevent the assassinations of many Israeli civilians and soldiers; exposed numerous Hamas cells; and assisted Israeli authorities in hunting down Palestinian militants. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mosab Hassan Yousef is the 662nd most popular social activist (down from 596th in 2019). (down from 4,506th in 2019)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mosab Hassan Yousef ranks 662 out of 840Before her are Samuel Gompers, Wang Dan, Nirmala Deshpande, Phoebe Hearst, Edvin Kanka Cudic, and Aed Carabao. After her are Mario Savio, Azimzhan Askarov, María Elena Moyano, Loujain al-Hathloul, Fartuun Adan, and Siti Musdah Mulia.

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Among people born in 1978, Mosab Hassan Yousef ranks 330Before her are Mr. Porter, Bebe, Tomas Danilevičius, Ali Karimi, Jagoba Arrasate, and Carolina Dieckmann. After her are Jasmin Handanović, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Ludmilla Radchenko, Kim Kirchen, Marco Fu, and Baran bo Odar.

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