The '''Kataeb Social Democratic Party''' (known in English as the '''Phalange''') is a right-wing [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] political party, mainly supported by the Maronite Christians. They played a major role in the fight against the [[PLO]] in the [[1978-2000 South Lebanon conflict]].
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Lebanese Christian political party and militia. The name Phalangists (Phalange and Phalange party are variations on the same) is both a translation from Arabic and a small distortion, coming from phalanx. The correct name would have been Lebanese Kataeb Social Democratic Party.
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The politics of the Phalange party was pro-Western, and they opposed any pan-Arabism.