Opposition - Divisions of Lebanon

The Christians

The Christians of Lebanon, also know as the Christian Maronites, created the Phalange in 1936 which is their own political party. "The part believed in the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon and ideologically stood on the right." The Phalange were worried about the Palestinians who moved into Lebanon because they were   bringing in the Arab-Israeli conflict inside Lebanese territory. 

The Christians fought the Lebanese civil war in 1960 and created its own militia group. Their current leader is Amine Gemayel. Click here for their website

Phalange's logo

The Druze

Consists of a minority group Muslims who live not only in Lebanon but also at Syria and Israel. "Their population is around 910,000 and they have lived in region for at least a millennium." Their leader is Kamal Jumblatt. They had disagreements with the Maronites in that they did not like the National Pact which gave different divisions of powers to different religious groups. They also disagreed over the Maronite's opinion of the Palestinian in Lebanese land. While the christians saw as a danger, they agreed with their entering because they were also against Israel. 

Druze Logo

The Shi'as

The Shi'as is a muslim group that was greatly affected by the moving of Palestininas into Lebanese lands. They had to move to the so-called "Poverty Belt" of Beirut. The Shi'as have a militia group that also has the name of the Muslim party, the Hezbollah. "Hezbollah's main target was israeland their militia fought against both the South Lebanon Army and the Israeli troops until the Final Evacuation of the Israelis in 2000. 

Hezbollah Flag

Sources used:

History of Europe and the Middle East - Mariam Habibi