Jewish American Joseph Cohen moved to Israel in 1998.

Now his name is Yosef Mohammed Khatib, he supports Hamas, he wants to see Israel destroyed and replaced with an Islamic state, and he idolizes Osama bin Laden.

I suspect a chemical imbalance.

He praised Hamas for setting up social services for Palestinians but dodged questions about the other side of the Islamic group — suicide bombings and other attacks against Israelis. …

Khatib differed from most Israelis and Americans in his views about Osama bin Laden, the top suspect in the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington.

“I think that he’s number one, Muslim number one,” Khatib said with a strong New York accent about bin Laden. “But I don’t think that he’s responsible for the World Trade Center (attacks).”