..always the voice of sweet reason...founder Mosab Hassan Yusef warned there is ''no such thing'' as a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas until Iran's supreme leader is removed from power.
''This is an open war, and I'm afraid that we haven't seen the worst of it yet,'' Yusef told Fox News Digital. ''And let me tell you something: This whole thing is only for one purpose — to just bring the hostages back, and whenever there is an opportunity to just bring the hostages, I think this is where Israel is compromising.''
''But, eventually, this war is not going to stop until Islamists are removed from power, and I'm afraid now that we are coming to realize, without removing ayatollah from power, the Middle East would never experience peace and prosperity,'' Yusef said.
The son of a Hamas founder details in his new book, ''From Hamas to America,'' the deeply psychological impact of his harrowing life as a member of Hamas, his time as a double agent working for the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) and his exit to America after a decade of service.
This provides Yusef a unique perspective on the conflicts in the Middle East, and his message is stark: ''A cease-fire now, a temporary cease-fire that could bring some of the hostages back home alive is not a bad thing, but I'm afraid that this is just a temporary situation.''
''The approach of the current administration that is hesitant, that is trying to please everybody, to win votes— well, this is a short, political interest at the expense of the fundamentals of the country,'' Yusef argued.
''I think this is where Hamas can sense the compromise, when they see their hesitation, when they see the conflict within the administration, when they sense hypocrisy, they know that the politicians have been compromised,'' he said. ''And this is when they can actually find a way to infiltrate and to press toward creating more division and more chaos.''
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