In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the leaders of hamas in the west bank”. Today it says “palestinian militant and co-founder of hamas”.
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Hassan Yousef ( Arabic : حسن يوسف ; born 1955) is a Palestinian militant and co-founder of Hamas , a US- and EU-designated terrorist organization . He is considered a member of Hamas' extremist faction and refrains from any talk of rapprochement between Israelis and Palestinians . He is also considered one of the spiritual leaders of Hamas. Yousef is married to Sabba Abu Salem. They have six sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Mosab Hassan Yousef , worked undercover with Shin Bet from 1997 to 2007 to prevent attacks on Israeli civilians, as he considered such attacks immoral and destructive to the Palestinian cause . On 2 July 2019, Hassan's youngest son, Suheib Hassan Yousef, appeared in an interview with Israeli television criticizing Hamas and describing it as a corrupt terrorist organization . In response, members of Hamas described him as a traitor and a collaborator, while other Hamas-affiliated networks accused him of working with the Mossad . Hamas: From Resistance to Government .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Sheikh Hassan Yousef (born in 1955, Ramallah ) is one of the leaders of Hamas in the West Bank . He is considered a member of Hamas' moderate faction, 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 Mosab , and three daughters. Mosab became a Christian and moved to California, United States. Hamas: From Resistance to Government .
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Leader of Hamas Sheikh Hassan Yousef (born in 1955, Ramallah ) is one of the leaders of Hamas in the West Bank . He is considered a member of Hamas' extremist faction, 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 and three daughters.His eldest son, Mosab Hassan Yousef , became a Christian and worked with Shin Bet to prevent attacks on Israeli civilians, as he considered such attacks immoral and destructive to the Palestinian cause.He got disowned by his father but is considered a hero by many Americans as well as Israelis.In July 2nd, 2019 Hassan's youngest son Suhib Hassan Yousef appeared in an interview with Israeli T.V. criticizing Hamas and describing it as a corrupt terrorist organization which sparked huge anger from members of Hamas describing him as a traitor and a collaborator, and other Hamas affiliated networks said that he was working with the Israeli Mossad which completely deny. Hamas: From Resistance to Government .
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Leader of Hamas Sheikh Hassan Yousef (born in 1955, Ramallah ) is a co-founder of Hamas .He currently serves as one of their leaders in the West Bank . He is considered a member of Hamas' extremist faction and 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 and three daughters. His eldest son, Mosab Hassan Yousef , worked undercover with Shin Bet from 1997 to 2007 to prevent attacks on Israeli civilians, as he considered such attacks immoral and destructive to the Palestinian cause. He was disowned by his father but is considered a hero by many Americans as well as Israelis. In July 2, 2019 Hassan's youngest son Suhib Hassan Yousef appeared in an interview with Israeli T.V. criticizing Hamas and describing it as a corrupt terrorist organization which sparked huge anger from members of Hamas describing him as a traitor and a collaborator, and other Hamas affiliated networks said that he was working with the Israeli Mossad which he completely denies. Hamas: From Resistance to Government .
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one of the leaders of hamas in the west bank
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palestinian militant and co-founder of hamas
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