For nearly 10 years, Israel had a top informant in one of the most unlikely places -- the family of one of the co-founders of the Palestinian organization Hamas.
Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef, worked with agents from Israel's intelligence agency Shin Bet from 1997 to 2007. The new documentary "The Green Prince" highlights his journey from deep within the ranks of Hamas to working with Israel.
Yousef joined HuffPost Live on Friday to discuss his exceptional life story. Yousef told Josh Zepps that as a child, just like thousands of other Palestinians, he blamed Israel for the poverty and violence around him. It wasn't until he spent over a year in an Israeli prison and was exposed to Hamas brutality that he began questioning his upbringing.
"Hamas people were torturing other Hamas members for suspicion of collaborating with Israel," Yousef said. "When I saw Hamas' brutality, I decided basically to question the nature of the movement and this was the beginning of a new journey ... working with Israel to save human lives."