HIST 294 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Arab Deterrent Force, Kataeb Party, Peace Now
11 Nov 2016
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The geostrategic location of lebanon (north of israel and west of syria) 1943 national pact that defined the political system of lebanon. The political system in lebanon: confessional democratic system of political appointment based on the demographic size of each sect (maronite, sunni, shiite, druze etc. ) Everything is lebanon before 1989 ran by that parliament. Decided that president would always be a maronite. Based on that they created this formula. Black sept: plo was chased out of jordan. Sept 1970 plo kicked out, needed another state from which it would be able to carry attacks against israel and should have borders with israel. There was an understanding between hassad regime and syria. Civil war in lebanon in april 1975. Christian phalange milita attacked a palestinian bus killing 27. Being caught geographically between israel and syria entangled lebanon in the arab- After 1973, israel and syria continued to fight each other through proxies rather than directly.
