Mosab Hassan Yousef — widely known as the “Son of Hamas” — explains the reality behind Israel’s security walls and checkpoints.
He recalls that as a child growing up in Ramallah, his family could once travel freely throughout Israel without permits or roadblocks.
But after waves of Arab suicide bombings and terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas and other terrorist groups during the terror campaigns of the 1990s and Second Intifada, Israel responded by building security barriers, checkpoints, and stricter border controls to protect civilians.
Yousef argues that these measures were not created out of racism or “apartheid,” but out of survival after buses, cafés, restaurants, and public spaces across Israel became targets for suicide bombers.