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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=179493
Israeli Agent Implores U.S. Not to Deport Son of Hamas Leader
(Jerusalem Post) Hilary Leila Krieger - Gonen Ben-Itzhak, a Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) agent who for ten years worked with Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, pleaded on Wednesday for U.S. authorities not to deport the former spy on Hamas. Ben-Itzhak, who was previously referred to by the media only as "G," traveled to America to testify on Yousef's behalf at an immigration hearing in San Diego. He spoke at a Capitol Hill dinner honoring Yousef and other recipients of the Endowment for Middle East Truth's "Rays of Light in the Darkness" award. Yousef, who is credited by Israel with helping thwart countless terror attacks, is now being threatened with deportation after statements in his autobiography about working for Hamas were interpreted as providing support to the terrorist organization. "Mosab is not a terrorist!" Ben-Itzhak stressed. "He risked his life every day in order to prevent" violence.