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PhalangeThe Phalange is a Lebanese political party that was first established as a Maronite nationalist youth movement in 1936 by Pierre Gemayel. It was inspired by José Antonio Primo de Rivera's Spanish Falange.Phalangist militias were responsible for the massacre of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camp. It was an ally of Israel in the Lebanon war. The name of the Phalange party derives from the Greek word phalanx. 
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