Kataeb Party
The Kataeb Party (lit. 'Battalions Party'), officially the Kataeb Party – Lebanese Social Democratic Party (Arabic: حزب الكتائب اللبنانية – الحزب الديمقراطي الاجتماعي اللبناني Ḥizb al-Katā'ib al-Lubnānīya), historically known as the Phalangist Party, is a Lebanese nationalist political party in Lebanon. Founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936, the party and its paramilitary wings played a major role in the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), opposing Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon as well as collaborating with Israel.