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If the wise men came to Bethlehem today, they might have a hard time reaching the Christ child. As one popular satirical Christmas card purportedly by the British street artist Banksy depicts, the magi might now find their way blocked by the Israeli separation barrier that virtually encircles the modern West Bank town. But what many people don’t realize is that there are still huge sections of the barrier that remain un-built — about one-third of the total planned route.
It is impossible to sufficiently summarize the barbarism described in the Senate’s recently declassified report investigating the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program. Not only did torture take place, but it did so regularly and systematically, sometimes on otherwise cooperative subjects, and at least one of every five detainees was an innocent person captured by mistake or prejudice.
On January 25, 1919, a group of young men sailed from New York to Beirut, Lebanon on a ship called Pensacola. Following the devastating Armenian genocide (1915-1918), these young men left their homes to live and work among the refugees and displaced people of Lebanon and Syria. Among them was a man named Ezra Deter. A conscientious objector to World War I, Ezra dedicated many years of his life to the refugees of modern day Lebanon and Syria.
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