Recently, CBN [The Christian Broadcasting Network] posted a video of Mosab Hasan Yousef, a son of one of the founders of Hamas, addressing the U.N. in Nov. of 2023. His message was unequivocal. Those putting any blame on Israel for what is presently happening in the Middle East, he said, are utterly misinformed. Hamas consists of a horde of religious fanatics committed to the hatred and eradication of all Jews in the area, while at the same time willing to sacrifice their very own people, including their children, in the pursuit of that goal. Indeed they take delight when others around the world blame the Jews for the deaths of Palestinian kids caused by their own cowardly and cynical insistence on placing their military installations in the midst of civilian communities.
As a child in the 90s, Yousef was appalled by the relentless stream of anti-Jewish propaganda inflicted by Hamas on the Palestinian population, including its children. Rebelling against it even as a 10 year old, he was lashed repeatedly and, in 1996, as an 18 year old, ended up in prison. There he witnessed the torture of anyone unwilling to submit to the Hamas agenda, torture which frequently ended in the deaths of the dissenters. Utterly disgusted with the poisoned cultural climate of his homeland, he managed to escape it in the late 90s and actually ended up cooperating with Israeli counter intelligence in its attempt to deal with Hamas. Remarkably, his assistance led to the arrest of his own father, Shaikh Hassan Yousef, in a Nov., 2023 raid on the West Bank.
Mosab Hasan Yousef is the very definition of what used to be considered a decent, enlightened, moral human being, before the brain dead Left decided, in accordance with the brilliant Karl Marx, to divide the species into Victims and their Oppressors, the former always being the innocent victims of the latter, no matter the actual moral/intellectual qualities of either.
Mosab Hasan Yousef has denounced Islam. If he were a White Westerner, he would no doubt be denounced as Islamophobic. No one is suggesting all Muslims are evil. But as History unequivocally shows, the sort of aggressive, militaristic, authoritarian, anti-Western fanaticism exhibited by Hamas, has been characteristic of Islam from its very inception. In putting his Integrity as an intelligent Human Being ahead of his Identity [i.e., his race and religion], Yousef is in fact the epitome of the moral perspective that informs contemporary “conservatism.” We need more like him here in the West if we are to avoid degenerating into that culture of whining self-indulgence and sentimental half truths presently being championed by the “woke” Left.
[ P.S. It just occurred to me that I perhaps need to clarify the point of this blog which is that Israel cannot afford to put its trust in some sort of ceasefire with Hamas, because the latter is utterly devoid of moral integrity!]