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This episode of Block by Block features stories from our community news reporters about a political activist's return to the US after being detained by the Israeli military while participating in the largest flotilla attempting to break through Israel's naval blockade of Gaza, what it takes for students to succeed when learning English as a second language, a Germantown group that brings gardeners together to share knowledge and seeds, a cafe and art gallery in Center City, and a group of elementary school students who took an environmental justice message to Philadelphia City Hall. Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at http://wppm.phillycam.org/. Block by Block season 8 is produced by Amadee Braxton, Abby Cruz, Anaiah Davis, Ahmed Hassouna, Cheryl Jones, Charlie Kline, Koren Martin, Sophia Mattia, Milan Parker, Dounya Ramadan, and Tafari Robertson. Amadee Braxton and Koren Martin hosted this episode, and Anaiah Davis was board operator for the show. Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peta Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager. Episode Transcript Note: The following transcript was machine-generated and may contain some spelling errors or other inaccuracies. Amadee Braxton This is Block by Block, a community news program where we explore issues affecting the Philadelphia area with news reports from members of the community. I'm Amadee Braxton, Koren Martin And I'm Koren Martin. In the next half hour, we'll hear stories from our community news reporters about what it takes for students to succeed when learning English as a second language, a Germantown group that brings gardeners together to share knowledge and seeds, a cafe and art gallery in Center City, and a group of elementary school students who took an environmental justice message to City Hall, Amadee Braxton But first, a New Jersey-based political activist with ties to Philadelphia is back in the United States after being detained by the Israeli military. He'd been part of the largest flotilla of civilian ships to date that is trying to challenge the Israeli naval blockade that prevents humanitarian aid from being delivered to residents of Gaza. Block by Block reporter Dounya Ramadan traveled to New York on May 24th with other Philadelphians to welcome him home, and brings us this story. Dounya At JFK International Arrivals Hall, I waited alongside hundreds of people, including Philadelphia friends and New Jersey family members of political activist and former Philadelphia resident of seven years, Amed Ibrahim, to greet him and 14 other U.S. citizen flotilla participants arriving back home after being deported by Israel. Amed's organizing experience, which centers Palestinian political prisoners and resistance, started in Philadelphia, where he spent his 20s and became an important part of the Philadelphia organizing community, Ramar decided to embark on this maritime flotilla with people from over 40 other countries to challenge the Israeli naval blockade and siege imposed on Gaza since 2007, which has been condemned as illegal by the UN and rights groups since its imposition. Israel intercepted their ships, abducted them in international waters, tortured them in their prison ships, and at Ketsiot prison camp in the Negev Desert. While we waited for Amr to be released from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, I spoke with Amed's friend, Philadelphia organizer Noor. Noor What's been really horrible knowing that your friend is detained and being held in these Israeli prisons with like hundreds of other like activists and flotilla like participants, Israel has even killed at least 10 flotilla participants since 2008, when the flotilla missions began. You know what we've seen happen to these flotilla participants pales in comparison to what Israel does to Palestinians in Israeli prisons constantly, Dounya According to Palestinian political prisoner advocacy organizations and the UN, over 9,000 Palestinians are in Israeli captivity, 1000s being held without charges, some of them being women and children and health workers from Gaza. And Amed's mother says part of the reason her son was on the flotilla was to highlight these abuses Palestinians have endured in Israeli captivity for decades. Amed's mother We're not only like advocating for my son; we're advocating for everyone else's in the Israelis prison. 9000 like prisoners, they've been like tortured, like raped, everything that you can imagine happening to them. So if we focus now on our children coming back home. We also have to highlight what's happening in Palestine. Amed Thanks for coming. Dounya That was Amed. He just got released...
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