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Kataeb and Party
The Free Patriotic Movement, The Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalange Party, the National Bloc, National Liberal Party, Lebanese Forces and the Guardians of the Cedars ( now outlawed ) each have their own base among Christians and it's controversial as to which group has the largest popularity.
* The Lebanese Kataeb Party
: This article is about the Spanish political party: For the Lebanese Phalange, see the Kataeb Party.
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The Lebanese Social Democratic Party is also known as Phalanges Libanaises in French and either Kataeb ( الكتائب اللبنانية Al-Kata ’ eb Al-Lubnaniyya ) or ' Phalangist Party ' ( Hezb al-Kata ’ eb al-Lubnaniyya ) in Arabic.
During the first years of the Kataeb Party, the Party was strongly opposed to having anyone dominate Lebanon.
Pierre and the Kataeb Party have always believed in an independent and sovereign Lebanon free of all
Disbanded in January 1961 by order of the Kataeb Party ' Political Bureau, Hawi created in their place the Kataeb Regulatory Forces.
The seat of the Council was allocated at the Kataeb Party ’ s Headquarters at the heart of Ashrafieh quarter in East Beirut and a quiet expansion of KRF units followed suit, complemented by the development of a training infrastructure.
The battle against the dilution of Lebanon: the Kataeb Party entered the political and parliamentary scene during the late 1940s after a period in which it refrained from entering the political arena to focus mainly on the promotion of the youth and on social issues, away from the trivialities of post-mandate politics.
Kataeb into government: after having succeeded in preserving the Lebanese formula, Kataeb Party ranks grew considerably and reached 70 thousand members ( on a total population of 2, 2 million ).
On a social level, the Kataeb Party introduced “ labor laws ” and contributed decisively in Social Security law.
The Kataeb Party along with other political parties formed the Lebanese Resistance and battled to preserve Lebanon and its independence and integrity.
On the other hand, Kataeb Party suffered a great loss with the death of its founder, Cheikh Pierre Gemayel in 1984.
The Syrian era: in 1990, the Lebanese War came to a close when Syrian Forces maintained their grip over the entire country leading to fifteen years of occupation during which President Amin Gemayel was exiled to France and the Kataeb Party fell under Syrian influence.
Pierre Amin Gemayel was elected MP for Metn district, which showed a strong signal of the rebirth of the Kataeb Party.
The Kataeb Party extensively participated in the “ Cedar Revolution ” and MP Pierre Gemayel played a significant role in shaping this uprising which led to Lebanon ’ s second independence.
Syrian troops effectively left Lebanon on 26 April of the same year, and at the same time, the Kataeb Party reunited and retrieved its historical role.

Kataeb and also
Kataeb is the plural of Katiba which is a translation into Arabic of the Greek word phalanx (" battalion ") which is also the origin of the Spanish term Falange.
In 2007 also, Samy Gemayel and ( most of ) his Loubnanouna companions rejoined the Kataeb, prompting a renaissance in the party.
Beyond that, it is also the main symbol of Lebanon's " Cedar Revolution ", along with many Lebanese political parties and movements, such as the Kataeb ( Phalange ), the Lebanese Forces, the National Liberal Party, and the Future Movement.
Besides being provided with funds and training by the Kataeb Party and the Al-Tanzim, the Guardians also claimed to have received direct aid from Israel as early as 1974.
He is remembered as the founder of the Kataeb Party ( also known as the Phalangist Party ), as a parliamentary powerbroker, and as the father of Bachir Gemayel and Amine Gemayel, both of whom were elected to the Presidency of the Republic in his lifetime.
On his return to Lebanon later that year, Gemayel founded Al Kataeb Al Loubnaniyyah party ( also known as Les Phallanges Libanaises in French, or the Lebanese Phalangist party in English ), with Georges Naqqache, Charles Helou, Chafic Nassif and Hamid Franjieh, who was later replaced with Emile Yared, modelling the party after the Spanish and Italian Fascist parties he had observed there.

Kataeb and active
Moreover, Kataeb Ministers have been particularly active in governments led by the March 14 coalition, namely in Ministries of Industry, Social Affairs and Tourism.
He became politically active as a teenager, joining the Christian nationalist Kataeb Party ( Phalange party ) in 1959.

Kataeb and Christian
Nine days before he was due to take office, Gemayel was assassinated along with twenty-five others in an explosion at the Kataeb party headquarters in Beirut's Christian neighborhood of Achrafieh on September 14, 1982.
Its main adversaries were the Maronite Christian Phalangist Kataeb Regulatory Forces militia, and later the Lebanese Forces militia ( which absorbed the Phalangists ).
* Karim Pakradouni, Lebanese-Armenian Christian politician ( Kataeb Party, Lebanese Forces ) and former government minister
It was fought between the Christian Lebanese Forces ( LF ) militia, under the command of the Kataeb Party's President Bashir Gemayel, and the Syrian troops of the Arab Deterrent Force ( ADF ).
In 1968, the party joined The Helf Alliance formed with the two other big mainly Christian parties in Lebanon: the Kataeb of Pierre Gemayel, and National Bloc of Raymond Eddé.
Kataeb Party is described as a right-wing Christian Party.
It began as a simple coordination or joint command between the predominantely Christian Kataeb Party / Kataeb Regulatory Forces ( KRF ), Tyous Team of Commandos ( TTC ), Ahrar / Tigers Militia, Al-Tanzim, Marada Brigade and Lebanese Renewal Party / Guardians of the Cedars ( GoC ) parties and their respective military wings.
This unbearable situation was remedied by the Kataeb Regulatory Forces ( most notably the BG Squad that was led by Bachir ) and their allied Christian militias as they besieged the Palestinian camps embedded in Christian East Beirut one at a time and brought them down.

Kataeb and presence
In March 2005 after the Rafik Hariri assassination, the Kataeb took part in an anti-Syrian presence demonstration, commonly known as the Cedar Revolution.

Kataeb and Lebanon
The ideologically related Phalange or Kataeb party in Lebanon was modeled on European fascist movements.
** Bus massacre: The Kataeb militia kills 27 Palestinians during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, Lebanon, triggering the Lebanese civil war.
Notwithstanding that the Kataeb has recently attempted to improve the inhumane living conditions of refugees through Parliament, it remains concerned about latent or gradual attempts to force their permanent settlement in Lebanon.
because such an event will alter Lebanon ’ s fragile demographic ( and political ) balance, the Kataeb at present will remain watchful and opposing to any such development just like it was in the past and as its history attests.
The founding and the battle for independence: in 1943 the Kataeb played an instrumental role in attaining Lebanon ’ s first independence from the French mandate.
Kataeb struggled to preserve Lebanon ’ s independence facing the growing appetite of its neighbors.
In 1958 the Kataeb was the key actor in confronting the coup influenced by pan-Arabists led by Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the ephemeral United Arab Republic ( Egypt, Syria and Yemen ), and succeeded in maintaining Lebanon ’ s independence and liberal identity.
But the enemies of Lebanon could not comply with the resurrection of the Kataeb Party.
# In 1943 the Kataeb played an instrumental role in attaining Lebanon ’ s first independence from the French mandate and co-envisaged the currently adopted Lebanese flag that was signed by the Lebanese government of the time.
# In 1958 the Kataeb and its allies confronted the coup d ’ état by the United Arab Republic under the leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser and succeeded in maintaining Lebanon ’ s independence and liberal identity.
# In 1969 the Kataeb opposed the Cairo Agreement, which legitimized military operations against Israel by Palestinian militiamen in South Lebanon ; prompting many at the time to refer to the South as “ Fateh Land .”
Since the end of Syria ’ s occupation of Lebanon in 2005, the Kataeb Party has attracted once again new generations and has regained its role as one of the major political actors in Lebanon.
The Party has a large network in Lebanon and abroad and one could not nearly find a major city or town without a Kataeb permanence.
Notwithstanding that the Kataeb has recently attempted to improve the inhumane living conditions of refugees through Parliament, it remains concerned about latent or gradual attempts to force their permanent settlement in Lebanon.
*-35 in service with the Lebanese Army in 1976, passed on to the Kataeb Regulatory Forces militia, Tigers Militia ( Lebanon ), Amal Movement, Al-Murabitun, Army of Free Lebanon, Lebanese Arab Army, Lebanese Forces, South Lebanon Army.

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