President Obama: John Kerry invested an enormous amount of time, and, in the end it is up to the two parties to make a decision we can lead them to resolve some of the technical issues and to show them a path, but they go away... Interviewer: That was President Obama, Earlier today, suggesting there is only so much America can do to broker a peace between Israel and Hamas. Our next guest is the son of one of the founders of Hamas and says a lasting peace will never be possible. His father, a leader of the terror group, was arrested earlier this summer in connection with the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers. That crime is believed to have sparked the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas. Nearly... Well... Years ago when the world began to see images like these emerge of the child victims in this fight, Mosab Hassan Yuosef felt compelled to speak out, in the hope of shedding light on Hamas ideology, Mosab Hassan Yuosef is the son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef and hes also the author of Son of Hamas. Hes featured in the documentary The Green Prince. Good to see you tonight. Thank you so much for being here. So, let’s start with this. Why you believe that a lasting peace is never going to happen? Mosab: Well, peace between Israel and Hamas is not going to happen, because Israel is a democracy, Hamas is a terrorist organization, an ideological organization. Is there a possibility for peace between Israel and Palestinians? That is possible, but not between Israel and Hamas. Interviewer: What your father co-founds what our state department says is a terror group, what you say is a terror group, how were you brought up in it?. How did they begin to try to indoctrinate you? Mosab: Well, when I was a child, the first Palestinian intifada started. And we witnessed the violence and many people were dying and we hated Israel. Then the second Palestinian intifada came and the waves of suicide bombing attacks and we blamed Israel. And I used to think that Israel is the enemy not knowing how my father and his organization was only a tool in the hands of some regional powers that they move Hamas and encourage them to kill... And the fight against Israel for just political gain, and at some point I got really tired of this game. And they choose to different path for my life. Interviewer: When you see these images that we are seeing now, these Palestinian children looking scared, hurt, confused, and I ask the current Israeli ambassador to the United States last night on the program about the fear that Israel in fighting this battle may be stoking the next generation of hate. Do you see that as a real risk? How do we stop that from happening? Mosab: Well, it’s a risk. And I think there’s going to be more generations to hate Israel. And unfortunately Israel has choice but to defend itself. Now, the only way, I believed, fight an organization like Hamas, is to unmask them by exposing their ideology, what they stand for. Hamas is not a political party. It is not even a Palestinian organization. Hamas hijacked what so-called the Palestinian cause and infiltrated the society to push their religious ideological agendas. Now, I would like to remind the Palestinian people what Hamas did to their rival party Fatah. In Gaza when Hamas took over, a few years ago. They killed, the same way, they are killing Israeli soldiers today. Hamas does not care for the lives of Palestinians. Don’t think for a second, please, that Hamas cares for the children’s blood. They want the children of Gaza to die. This what gives them Arab and Islamic world sympathy and this what will condemn Israel internationally. This is their game and they’re happy about it. Interviewer: When I hear you talking about them, you know weve heard some of this before, I wonder how you think we, the United States and our president, are handling this. When you hear the president, he condemns Hamas tactics but also then he also has harsh words for Israel on the civilian casualties. Mosab: Well, what would like to see from the president of the United the America, not to be a mediator here in this situation. Israel is a democracy. And since Socrates and Plato, democracies do not negotiate with terrorist or terrorist organizations. As long as Hamas continue on existing as a terrorist organization, using force to push political and religious agendas, I think all democracies have to unify to fight this type of organization. If we fail in fighting Hamas, Tomorrow there will be 100 Hamas and they will take advantage of our division and disagreement. Interviewer: Is there too much equivocating going on? Is the president right to be calling out the civilian casualties? Mosab: Well, Again, what I would like to see from the president or the supreme power in this world, not to takes sides, not even to try to be balanced. He comes off balance and he tried to come as a mediator in this situation. He needs to standby Israel, not because Israel stands for all the American values and free world values, alone. Because Hamas is the enemy of the State of America. Hamas is the enemy of the free world. And what Israel is doing today in the region is fighting on behalf all the free people in this western civilization. Interviewer: Mosab, you are a very brave young man, thank you very much for coming. Mosab: Thank you…
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