The Sabra and Shatila massacre (also known as the Sabra and Chatila massacre) was the killing of between 460 and 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites, by the militia of Lebanese Forces, a Maronite Christian Lebanese right-wing party, in the Sabra neighborhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp …

Who founded Kataeb?

Pierre Gemayel
Charles HelouAlfred NaqqacheChafic NassifEmile Yared
Kataeb Party/Founders

When was the Sabra Shatila Massacre?

September 16, 1982Sabra and Shatila massacre / Start date

What does the word sabra mean?

A SABRA is a Jewish person who was born in Israel. The term is related to the Arabic word sabr, which means patience and perseverance. In Hebrew, the word SABRA also refers to the prickly fruit of a species of cactus.

What does the word Phalangist mean?

noun. a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain.

Can a Lebanese go to Israel?

Normally you can enter Israel with a stamp from any Middle Eastern country including Iran and Lebanon, you will may be more questioned, but you cannot enter Lebanon with an Israeli stamp valid cancelled or expired.

What is a Subra?

Subra links from the legendary Sour Diesel, a Sativa-dominant flower that rose supreme in the grungy ’90s. While being known for its pungent diesel-like smell, Subra is masked with peppery and citrus aromas, leaving behind a natural, earthy taste.

What do you call people born in Jerusalem?

Jerusalem

What intifada means?

intifada, also spelled intifadah, Arabic intifāḍah (“shaking off”), either of two popular uprisings of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip aimed at ending Israel’s occupation of those territories and creating an independent Palestinian state.

What is the Phalangist ideology?

Phalangist ideology focuses on the primacy of preserving the Lebanese nation, but with a “Phoenician” identity, distinct from its Arab, Muslim neighbors. Party policies have been uniformly anticommunist and anti-Palestinian and have allowed no place for pan-Arab ideals.

What was the Phalange’s militia?

The Phalange party’s militia was not only the largest and best organized political paramilitary force in Lebanon but also the oldest. It was founded in 1937 as the “Militants’ organization” by the President of the Party Pierre Gemayel and William Hawi, a Lebanese-American glass industrialist, who led them during the 1958 civil war.

What does Phalangist party stand for?

The Lebanese Phalanges Party is also known as Phalanges Libanaises in French and either Kataeb (الكتائب اللبنانية al-Katā’ib al-Lubnānīya) or Phalangist Party (حزب الكتائب اللبنانية Ḥizb al-Katā’ib al-Lubnānīya) in Arabic.

What does phalanges stand for?

] The Lebanese Phalanges Party ( Arabic: حزب الكتائب اللبنانية ‎ Ḥizb al-Katā’ib al-Lubnānīya ), better known in English as the Phalange ( Arabic: الكتائب ‎ al-Katā’ib ), is a Christian Democratic political party in Lebanon. Despite being officially secular, it is supported mainly by Maronite Catholics.