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The massacre occurred as part of a series of events during the ''Lebanese Civil War'' in which Muslim [[Palestinian|Palestinians]] joined other Muslim forces,<ref name="Katz1985">{{cite book|author=Samuel M. Katz|title=Armies in Lebanon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0W5-jZY_T2IC&pg=PA5|access-date=June 9, 2021|year=1985|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-0-85045-602-8|page=5}}</ref> in the context of the Christian-Muslim divide,<ref name="Brenchley1989">{{cite book|author=Frank Brenchley|title=Britain and the Middle East: Economic History, 1945-87|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtRojsvBm8wC&pg=PA221|access-date=June 9, 2021|year=1989|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-870915-07-6|page=221}}</ref> and soon [[Beirut]] was divided along the Lebanon's''Green Line'', with Christian enclaves to the east and Muslims to the west.<ref name="CarterDunston2008">{{cite book|author1=Terry John Carter|author2=Lara Dunston|author3=Amelia Thomas|title=Syria & Lebanon. Ediz. Inglese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_R-I_Gx5OgQC&pg=PA35|access-date=June 9, 2021|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-609-0|page=35}}</ref>
The massacre occurred as part of a series of events during the ''Lebanese Civil War'' in which Muslim [[Palestinian|Palestinians]] joined other Muslim forces,<ref name="Katz1985">{{cite book|author=Samuel M. Katz|title=Armies in Lebanon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0W5-jZY_T2IC&pg=PA5|access-date=June 9, 2021|year=1985|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-0-85045-602-8|page=5}}</ref> in the context of the Christian-Muslim divide,<ref name="Brenchley1989">{{cite book|author=Frank Brenchley|title=Britain and the Middle East: Economic History, 1945-87|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtRojsvBm8wC&pg=PA221|access-date=June 9, 2021|year=1989|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-870915-07-6|page=221}}</ref> and soon [[Beirut]] was divided along the Lebanon's''Green Line'', with Christian enclaves to the east and Muslims to the west.<ref name="CarterDunston2008">{{cite book|author1=Terry John Carter|author2=Lara Dunston|author3=Amelia Thomas|title=Syria & Lebanon. Ediz. Inglese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_R-I_Gx5OgQC&pg=PA35|access-date=June 9, 2021|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-609-0|page=35}}</ref>
The "[[Palestinian]]" militias sparked the beginning of a long and destructive civil war. Led by Yasir [[Arafat]] they ''aimed to cleanse the south from its inhabitants whom were opposing the oppressive Palestinian military presence and Arab nationalism.'' Arafat once stated that “the road to Jerusalem goes through Jounieh.”<ref name=forgotten>[https://medium.com/@AsAbove_SoBelow/lebanons-long-forgotten-massacre-e3909e4bf13e Lebanon's long forgotten massacre | by XXVII.IV | Medium. Jan 20, 2019.
''Back then the Palestinian militias sparked the beginning of a long destructive civil war. The Palestinian armed militants led by Yaser Arafat aimed to cleanse the south from its inhabitants whom were opposing the oppressive Palestinian military presence and Arab nationalism...
Palestinian militiamen taking celebratory pictures after taking over The Damour.
Arafat once stated that “the road to Jerusalem goes through Jounieh.”''</ref>
On 9 January, the Muslim militias began a siege of Damour and Jiyeh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/ICTJ-Report-Lebanon-Mapping-2013-EN_0.pdf|title=Lebanon's Legacy of Political Violence: A Mapping of Serious Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lebanon, 1975-2008|pages=14, 15}}</ref> Jiyeh was entered by [[Arafat]]'s [[PLO]] on 17 January.<ref name=":0" />
On 9 January, the Muslim militias began a siege of Damour and Jiyeh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/ICTJ-Report-Lebanon-Mapping-2013-EN_0.pdf|title=Lebanon's Legacy of Political Violence: A Mapping of Serious Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lebanon, 1975-2008|pages=14, 15}}</ref> Jiyeh was entered by [[Arafat]]'s [[PLO]] on 17 January.<ref name=":0" />
According to an eyewitness, the attack took place from the mountain behind the town. "It was an apocalypse," said Father Mansour Labaky, a Christian Maronite priest who survived the massacre. "They were coming, '''thousands and thousands, shouting 'Allahu Akbar!''' (Allah is great!) '''Let us attack them for the Arabs, let us offer a holocaust to Mohammad!'''", and they were '''slaughtering''' everyone in their path, '''men, women and children'''."<ref>Israel undercover: secret warfare and hidden diplomacy in the Middle East By Steve Posner, {{ISBN|0-8156-0220-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8156-0220-0}}, p. 2</ref><ref>J. Becker: ''The PLO: The Rise and Fall of the Palestine Liberation Organization'', Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, p. 124 [https://books.google.com/books?&id=H7BtAAAAMAAJ&&q=holocaust] qtd in [https://books.google.com/books?id=hfK9SqHSaccC&pg=PA183] [https://books.google.com/books?id=6bEwc2FStIYC&pg=PA125]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/291/currentpage/4/Default.aspx |title=Articles > PLO Policy towards the Christian Community during the Civil War in Lebanon |publisher=ICT |access-date=2021-06-09}}</ref><ref>''The PLO: The Rise and Fall of the Palestine Liberation Organization'', Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, p. 124 [https://books.google.com/books?&id=H7BtAAAAMAAJ&&q=holocaust] qtd in [https://books.google.com/books?id=hfK9SqHSaccC&pg=PA183] [https://books.google.com/books?id=6bEwc2FStIYC&pg=PA125]</ref>
According to an eyewitness, the attack took place from the mountain behind the town. "It was an apocalypse," said Father Mansour Labaky, a Christian Maronite priest who survived the massacre. "They were coming, '''thousands and thousands, shouting 'Allahu Akbar!''' (Allah is great!) '''Let us attack them for the Arabs, let us offer a holocaust to Mohammad!'''", and they were '''slaughtering''' everyone in their path, '''men, women and children'''."<ref>Israel undercover: secret warfare and hidden diplomacy in the Middle East By Steve Posner, {{ISBN|0-8156-0220-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8156-0220-0}}, p. 2</ref><ref>J. Becker: ''The PLO: The Rise and Fall of the Palestine Liberation Organization'', Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, p. 124 [https://books.google.com/books?&id=H7BtAAAAMAAJ&&q=holocaust] qtd in [https://books.google.com/books?id=hfK9SqHSaccC&pg=PA183] [https://books.google.com/books?id=6bEwc2FStIYC&pg=PA125]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/291/currentpage/4/Default.aspx |title=Articles > PLO Policy towards the Christian Community during the Civil War in Lebanon |publisher=ICT |access-date=2021-06-09}}</ref><ref>''The PLO: The Rise and Fall of the Palestine Liberation Organization'', Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, p. 124 [https://books.google.com/books?&id=H7BtAAAAMAAJ&&q=holocaust] qtd in [https://books.google.com/books?id=hfK9SqHSaccC&pg=PA183] [https://books.google.com/books?id=6bEwc2FStIYC&pg=PA125]</ref>
"Palestinian" militiamen were taking celebratory pictures after taking over The Damour.<ref name=forgotten/>
==Perpetrators==
==Perpetrators==
Some mention the LMM alongside the PLO.
Some mention the LMM alongside the PLO.
<ref name=burke/>(LMM a leftist, pan-Arabist and Syrian nationalist parties and organizations active during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, which supported the [[PLO]], some of its members evolved further on into Islamic fundamentalists).
<ref name=burke/>(LMM a leftist, pan-Arabist and Syrian nationalist parties and organizations active during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, which supported the [[PLO]], some of its members evolved further on into Islamic fundamentalists).
It has been said that some 5,000 [[PLO]] members entered Damour.<ref name=forgotten/>
==Notes==
==Notes==