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<h1><b>Israeli Spy on Hamas Granted Asylum in the
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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies
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http://www.imemc.org/article/59037<br><br>
</a></font>Mos’ab, the son of senior Hamas political leader, Hasan
Yousef, was granted asylum by a U.S. Immigration Judge while the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security dropped its objections against allowing
him to remain in the country.<br><br>
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The judge ruled Wednesday after Mos’ab passes some routine background
security checks he will be granted the asylum. <br><br>
Mos’ab, 32, spied on Hamas for nearly 10 years and his imprisoned father,
Sheikh Hasan Yousef, had officially disowned him. Hasan Yousef is serving
a six-year term in Israeli prisons.<br><br>
The Wednesday hearing only lasted for 15 minutes and the spy was granted
asylum. <br><br>
In February of 2009, the United States denied Mos’ab’s request to receive
asylum in the country and the department of homeland security said that
he “was involved in terrorism and is considered a threat to the United
States”.<br><br>
But this stance changed without any official statement and Mos’ab is now
allowed to remain in the United States. <br><br>
He lives in San Diego and said that he hopes that one day he will become
a U.S. citizen and aspires to achieve his masters degree in history and
philosophy. <br><br>
His lawyer said that Mos’ab “fought terrorism for 10 years”, referring to
the years he spied on Hamas for Israel, and added that his client
“deserves to live in a safe place, away from threats and violence”.
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Yousef told the court that should he be sent back to the West Bank he
would be killed by his family and by the Hamas movement for spying for
Israel’s intelligence agency, Shin Bet. <br><br>
Yousef had argued that he would be killed if he was deported because he
spied on the militant group for Israel's Shin Bet security's intelligence
agency and abandoned Islam.<br><br>
The spy claims that he “was a terrorist” working for Hamas, and even
working for the late President, Yasser Arafat, of the rival Fateh
movement. <br><br>
It is worth mentioning that several members of U.S.. Congress and the
former CIA director, James, Woolsey supported Mos’ab in his effort to
gain asylum in the United States.<br><br>
Israeli Ynet reported that several members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs
and Defense Committee wrote letters to Mos’ab to “thank him” and to
“recognize his work for the Shin Bet”. <br><br>
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