Lebanon is situated on the Mediterranean Sea north of Israel and surrounded by Syria.  It is roughly the size of Connecticut and has a population of 7 million.  Lebanon enjoyed relative prosperity and stability until the mid-sixties but has been embroiled in skirmishes with the Israelis and with internal civil strife off and on since that time.   Now, according to the World Bank, Lebanon is facing one of the world’s worst economic and financial crises in the last 150 years.  Members of the middle class are struggling to survive and the banking system has collapsed.  Electric power, gas, and basic food and medicine are in short supply for the Lebanese people.  Given the worsening conditions of Lebanese citizens, the anger and resentment against refugees is growing.