Mosab Hassan Yousef, also known as the Son Of Hamas [the name of the book he authored], the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, left Hamas in the late 90s and became a spy for Israel�s Shin Bet, working with them for ten years to stop suicide attacks.

In an interview with Tzvi Yechezkeli,� the Arab affairs commentator for i24NEWS, Yousef asserted that the majority of “innocent” Gazan civilians, if not everybody, is complicit in Hamas’s crimes. “If not for the hostages, if I had the power, I would wipe Gaza off the map,” he said.

He added: “My gut feeling is that the war is far from over. This is a long war. Even if there’s a truce, there’s preparations for the next war and the next war is going to be much uglier.”

When Yechezkeli asked Yousef: “Do you really think that the ‘problem’ between Israel and the Palestinians can ever be solved?” Yousef responded: “As long as you call them Palestinians, the problem is not going to be solved.”

Watch the fascinating interview [in English] below:

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)