Mosab Hassan Yousef, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mosab Hassan Yousef

former Palestinian spy for Israel now living in the United States and author

Date of Birth: 05-May-1978

Place of Birth: Ramallah

Profession: spy, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Mosab Hassan Yousef (Arabic: ???? ??? ?????; born May 5, 1978) is a Palestinian who worked undercover for Israel's internal security service Shin Bet from 1997 to 2007. Shin Bet considered him its most valuable source within the Hamas leadership: The information Yousef supplied prevented dozens of suicide attacks and assassinations of Israelis, exposed numerous Hamas cells, and assisted Israel in hunting down many militants, including the incarceration of his own father, a Hamas leader, Sheikh Hassan Yousef.
In March 2010, he published his autobiography titled Son of Hamas.In 1999, Yousef converted to Christianity, and in 2007, he moved to the United States.
His request for political asylum in the United States was granted pending a routine background check on June 30, 2010.