Any Jew who values his life, and certainly an Israeli Jew, would be wise to stay as far away as possible from Neukölln, a borough of Berlin, which has recently become a center of Shiite religious activity. He would especially wish to steer clear of the local mosque in which a ceremony was held in memory of the recently eliminated Iranian al-Quds commander, General Qasem Soleimani.
Taking into account the fact that during the memorial an opposition rally against the Ayatollah’s regime was taking place outside, with protesters shouting that the mosque was full of members of Hezbollah and that “they’re all terrorists,” all the more so.
Add to this the fact that one of the protesters—who is seeking asylum in Germany for political reasons—said that he saw the man responsible for torturing him in Iran standing only feet away from him, and it is very likely that no typical Israeli would ever want to be in close proximity to such an event for fear of what might happen to him.
However, Israeli reporter Ohad Hamu of Channel 2 is not a typical Israeli. He is a courageous investigative journalist who has traveled in and out of Palestinian refugee camps for years, taking pictures and documenting all that he sees. He fears nothing.
As part of an investigative report he is currently working on about Iranians living outside Iran, Hamu recently went to Neukölln, spending just enough time inside to photograph what was going on. It was a daring and stressful journalistic endeavor; if he’d been discovered, he would probably not have left in the same condition as when he got there.
The 43-year-old Hamu is originally from Jerusalem and currently resides in Tel Aviv. Many of his articles cover the lives of Iranian expatriates, especially political refugees, who are scattered throughout Europe. Even though they are no longer in Iran, they very much fear the “long arm” of the regime.
Part of his series consists of photographs taken in Iranian communities outside Iran, including those consisting of supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and his followers.
It was a daring and stressful journalistic endeavor; if he’d been discovered, he would probably not have left in the same condition as when he got there.
The 43-year-old Hamu is originally from Jerusalem and currently resides in Tel Aviv. Many of his articles cover the lives of Iranian expatriates, especially political refugees, who are scattered throughout Europe. Even though they are no longer in Iran, they very much fear the “long arm” of the regime. Part of his series consists of photographs taken in Iranian communities outside Iran, including those consisting of supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and his followers.
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