Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef

Mosab Hassan Yousef is the oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a devote Muslim who helped found the organization called Hamas. That group has supported Muslims with good community services, but has also waged war against Israel and against fellow Muslims of its competing organization, Yasser Arafat's Fatah. Mosab's memoir shows how he grew from being a Palestinian boy who threw rocks at Israeli soldiers to being, first, a trusted member of Hamas, then a spy for the Israelis, and finally a convert to Christianity. It is truly an incredible journey in which a young man casts around for his own values and priorities while playing deceptive games with dangerous characters bent on destroying each other. Son of Hamas provides good insight into what it is to be caught in the Middle East conflict.