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b'May 15th marks the 70th anniversary of Israel\'s statehood. Palestinians refer to this as the Nakba, the Catastrophe, when more than 700,000 Palestinians left their homes from fear or were forcibly removed by Israelis who took their homes. On this 70th anniversary of the occupation, the people of Gaza have been staging a non-violent demonstration,\\xa0The Great March of Returnthat culminates Tuesday the 15th.\\nAccording to the\\xa0Middle Eastern Monitor,\\xa0"The demonstrations of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege started on 30 March 2018. Since then Israeli forces have killed 53 demonstrators and wounded more than 8,500 others."\\nOn this special edition of the\\xa0Beloved Community, John Shuck\'s guests will speak about the ongoing Nakba for the people of Palestine and Gaza from their unique perspectives.\\nWaddah Sofan\\xa0was shot and paralyzed by Israeli soldiers during the First Intifada in 1989. Waddah lives in Portland and considers himself "part\\xa0of Palestinian/American, Muslim, Middle Eastern, people of color and disabled communities."\\nGilad Atzmon, is a British Jazz artist and author. Gilad was born in Israel in 1963 and trained at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem (Composition and Jazz).\\xa0Gilad writes on political matters, social issues,\\xa0 Jewish identity and culture. He will be in Portland for a\\xa0jazz concert May 14th\\xa0and a\\xa0talk on Truthfulness May 15th.\\nRetired\\xa0Episcopal priest, Richard Toll, also of Portland, is president of the Board of Trustees of\\xa0Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA). Rev. Toll received an honorary doctorate from the Church Divinity School of the School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California for his \\xa0commitment to justice and peace in the Holy Land.'