The Green Prince: What Mosab Yousef Revealed to Erin Molan Shocked the Entire Room
Peloni: While shocking seems to mischaracterize this interview with Erin Molan, how Mosab “The Green Prince” Yousef describes growing up inside Hamas will likely surprise some. He notes that Hamas presented itself as a justice movement but was in reality a death-centered culture built on martyrdom, oppression of women, abuse of the citizens, and generalized use of brutality. He recalls that the turning point for him came while being imprisoned in Israel in the 1990s, when he witnessed Hamas torturing and killing fellow Palestinian inmates. This led Yousef to question what a Hamas-run state would actually look like and he ultimately rejected the movement despite the personal cost. He explains that many Palestinians adopt a victimhood mindset, while Western supporters project a savior complex which only serves to fuel the conflict without grasping the relevance of the true horrors of Hamas’s violence. Seeing the October 7 atrocities led Yousef to severed the last emotional bond with his father, a co-founder of Hamas, stating that he could not maintain any connection with someone who would support such barbarism. Explaining that ideological identity traps people in continuing the conflict, Yousef rejects all ideological labels for himself while also refusing any dialogue with anyone who clings to a Palestinian identity built on grievance and denial of Jewish legitimacy. Mosab’s fight against Hamas is moral and existential rather than political, and he explains that he prefers freedom, even in defeat, over any victory achieved under violent ideology. He goes on to also note that he considers it to be his responsibility to confront the movement’s cruelty with clarity, honesty, and courage.
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