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{{Short description|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<ref>Avi Issacharoff, Haarez News, 21 June 2006</ref> and he refrains from any talk of rapprochement between [[Israel]] and the [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]]. He is also considered one of the spiritual leaders of Hamas.<ref>{{cite book|last=Caridi|first=Paola|year=2012|pages=362|title=[[Hamas: From Resistance to Government]]|publisher=[[Seven Stories Press]]|isbn= 978-1-60980-382-7 }}</ref>

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.<ref name="dt08">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/2613399/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef-son-of-Hamas-leader-becomes-a-Christian.html|title=Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas leader, becomes a Christian |last= Elsworth |first=Catherine |author2=Carolynne Wheeler|date=August 24, 2008|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|access-date=March 7, 2010 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Son of Hamas|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781414333076|url-access=registration|author=Mosab Hassan Yousef|year=2010}}</ref>

In July 2, 2019 Hassan's youngest son Suhib Hassan Yousef appeared in an interview with [[State of Israel|Israel]]i 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.

==Politics==
Yousef has been arrested by the Israeli authorities several times, starting from 1993. He became the visible leader of the [[Second Intifada]]. According to the [[Palestinian Information Center]], Yousef has spent over 23 years in Israeli prisons.

While in jail in 2005, Yousef was nominated to represent Hamas during the elections. This was against his will, as he did not think that Hamas should become a political party. He was initially unwilling to accept the nomination, but eventually agreed, when he found out that his eldest son had received death threats.<ref name=soh235>Yousef, Mosab Hassan, and Ron Brackin, ''Son of Hamas''. SaltRiver, 2010. {{ISBN|9781414333076}} p235</ref>

On October 19, 2015, during the ongoing [[2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict|Palestinian unrest]], [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) raided Yousef's home in [[Beitunia]] in the West Bank and arrested him, accusing him of inciting violence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/watch-idf-troops-arrest-hamas-co-founder-hassan-yousef-before-dawn-427499|title=WATCH: IDF troops arrest Hamas co-founder Hassan Yousef before dawn|website=The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com}}</ref> He was released on August 31, 2017.<ref name = "addameer">{{Cite web|url=http://www.addameer.org/prisoner/hassan-yousef|title=Hassan Yousef|date=January 23, 2018|website=Addameer}}</ref> A few months later, in December he was again arrested by Israeli authorities and held until October 2018.<ref name = "memo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180606-israel-renews-administrative-detention-of-palestinian-mp-hassan-yousef/|title=Israel renews administrative detention of Palestinian MP, Hassan Yousef|date=June 6, 2018|website=Middle East Monitor}}</ref> Each time he was held in [[Administrative detention]], meaning incarceration without trial or charge. On 3 October 2020, he was arrested again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/02/c_139414592.htm|title=Israeli army arrests senior Hamas leader in West Bank: sources - Xinhua | English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com}}</ref>

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