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thoughts on the current political climate while promoting his new novel that detailed his exodus from the death cult.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-title\">Join Fox News for access to this content<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-subtitle\">Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal tablet-desktop\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Financial 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Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">One-time Israel double agent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/hamas-green-prince-shocked-by-college-campus-anti-israel-protests-they-dont-understand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">son of a Hamas founder Mosab Hassan Yousef<\/a> warned there is &#8220;no such thing&#8221; as a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas until Iran\u2019s supreme leader is removed from power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;This is an open war, and I&#8217;m afraid that we haven&#8217;t seen the worst of it yet,&#8221; Yousef told Fox News Digital. &#8220;And let me tell you something: This whole thing is only for one purpose \u2013 to just bring the hostages back, and whenever there is an opportunity to just bring the hostages, I think this is where Israel is compromising.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, eventually, this war is not going to stop until Islamists are removed from power, and I&#8217;m afraid now that we are coming to realize, without removing ayatollah from power, the Middle East would never experience peace and prosperity,&#8221; Yousef said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The son of a Hamas founder details in his new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/From-Hamas-to-America\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef\/9781637633182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;From Hamas to America,&#8221;<\/a> the deeply psychological impact of his harrowing life as a member of Hamas, his time as a double agent working for the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) and his exit to America after a decade of service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-says-admin-closer-than-weve-ever-been-ceasefire-deal-middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN SAYS ADMIN IS \u2018CLOSER THAN WE\u2019VE EVER BEEN&#8217; TO CEASE-FIRE DEAL IN MIDDLE EAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This provides Yousef a unique perspective on the conflicts in the Middle East, and his message is stark: &#8220;A cease-fire now, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iran-attack-israel-gaza-ceasefire-talks-collapse-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporary cease-fire<\/a> that could bring some of the hostages back home alive is not a bad thing, but I\u2019m afraid that this is just a temporary situation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The approach of the current administration that is hesitant, that is trying to please everybody, to win votes\u2026 well, this is a short, political interest at the expense of the fundamentals of the country,&#8221; Yousef argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/343\/192\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/686\/384\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/672\/378\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1344\/756\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/931\/523\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1862\/1046\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/720\/405\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1440\/810\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1200\/675\/Yousef-Book-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Hamas Palestine Israel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Mosab Hassan Yousef and the cover of his new book, &#8220;From Hamas to America.&#8221;<\/span> <span>(Courtesy of Ambassador)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I think this is where Hamas can sense the compromise, when they see their hesitation, when they see the conflict within the administration, when they sense hypocrisy, they know that the politicians have been compromised,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And this is when they can actually find a way to infiltrate and to press toward creating more division and more chaos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yousef stressed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/state-and-local\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">result of the U.S. presidential election<\/a> will not impact Hamas or Iran\u2019s other proxy groups, who will &#8220;hate America \u2013 it doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s in office,&#8221; but he did worry about a president who &#8220;is not firm enough, not strong enough behind the fundamentals of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6360507238112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HAMAS RELEASES LIST OF DEMANDS AMID CEASE-FIRE TALKS IN QATAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In previous conversations, Yousef has expressed his frustration with college campus protesters in the U.S., saying that students &#8220;found an angry cause, and this is very dangerous to advocate on behalf of something they don\u2019t understand.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/343\/192\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/686\/384\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/672\/378\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1344\/756\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/931\/523\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1862\/1046\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/720\/405\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1440\/810\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1200\/675\/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Mosab Hassan Yousef\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Mosab Hassan Yousef speaking at the Jerusalem Post conference in New York City.<\/span> <span>(Marc Israel Sellem)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Many people don\u2019t understand that by legitimizing violence, let\u2019s say in the Middle East, for example, by justifying or validating the acts of killing innocent civilians indiscriminately or by raping women, by killing children, by kidnapping civilians, by killing people in their living rooms \u2013 if they think that is a legitimate thing by the name of resistance or\u2026 occupation, colonialism, whatever it is\u2026 they are inciting violence,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s about principle, and many people have been indoctrinated with so many strange ideologies,&#8221; Yousef continued. &#8220;We have Islamists and communists, socialists \u2013 all type of extreme opposites have been at play since the beginning of this conflict.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/343\/192\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/686\/384\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/672\/378\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1344\/756\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/931\/523\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1862\/1046\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/720\/405\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1440\/810\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1200\/675\/Israel-flag.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Iran Israel war\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Iranians burn a representation of the Israeli flag during the funeral of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Aug. 1, 2024, in Tehran.<\/span> <span>(Majid Saeedi\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Free Press\u2019 Bari Weiss earlier this month related how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/palestinian-labeled-traitor-condemning-oct-7-atrocities-now-lives-constant-fear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian community ostracized her<\/a> for condemning the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, saying it &#8220;put me in a very dangerous position&#8221; and that she has been &#8220;called a traitor multiple times by multiple people.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/irans-new-president-asserts-right-retaliation-rare-phone-call-major-us-ally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IRAN&#8217;S NEW PRESIDENT ASSERTS RIGHT TO RETALIATION IN RARE PHONE CALL WITH MAJOR US ALLY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yousef grew up in the West Bank amid limited opportunities and resources, with many of his classmates either dropping out of school or working manual labor in Israel. He was taught to fear Jews and only met Israelis in &#8220;uniform&#8221; when he turned 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yousef, in his book, discusses his life as a member of Hamas, including sexual abuse he suffered as a child and his time in Israeli prisons before agreeing to work with Shin Bet. He ultimately fled to the U.S., where he continues to live and work, speaking out about his experiences with Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/DC-Israel-Protests-Netanyahu-Congress_01.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Flag burning in DC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Anti-Israel demonstrators burn a U.S. flag on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s address to a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Nathan Howard\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During his time in prison, Yousef started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/religion\/christianity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studying the Bible<\/a>, and he converted to Christianity in 1999. He then fled to the U.S. in 2007, where he experienced some culture shock due to the &#8220;false ideologies&#8221; that have flooded Western nations, such as &#8220;new age theories&#8221; that he finds can be &#8220;as dangerous as extreme or terrorist ideologies.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not shocked anymore by human delusion,&#8221; Yousef said. &#8220;You can say whether if it\u2019s in the West or in the East, it\u2019s the human condition, and time will prove every theory to be actually based according to the universal design, evolution \u2013 even though evolution is a very sensitive term \u2013 or narratives with dead ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/DOWNLOAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I appreciate the freedom of speech, even though I have been canceled many times by liberals and mainstream media, which is basically \u2013 I don\u2019t want to say it\u2019s shocking, but it\u2019s fascinating to see people who swear by the name of liberty and democracy, but in practice, they are the opposite,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb7\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;For me, this is my journey, and it doesn\u2019t matter what people perceive on the outside,&#8221; he stressed. &#8220;What matters to me is what I\u2019m learning, what I am seeing as I evolve and integrate.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Son of Hamas founder discusses college protests, upcoming election and his new book &#8216;From Hamas to America&#8217; Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a Hamas founder and one-time Israeli spy within Hamas, detailed his thoughts on the current political climate while promoting his new novel that detailed his exodus from the death cult. 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