1. William Amine Hawi was a Lebanese commander of the Kataeb Party, better known in English as the Phalange, a right-wing Christian political party in Lebanon.
28 Facts About William Hawi
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William Hawi was Head of the second and Fourth Districts, President of the Recruitment Bureau, Head of the Department of Security, Sport and Mobilization on May 29,1952, and member of the Political Bureau on July 12,1952.
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On June 16,1958, William Hawi was in charge of organizing and leading the activists during the Lebanese events; this constituted the hub of the Party's Regulatory Forces.
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On January 23,1961, the Political Bureau dissolved the militants' organization before including its members in the Lebanese Phalange Party and Hawi created the Regulatory Forces.
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On February 6,1961, William Hawi was appointed Head of said Forces.
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In 1957, William Hawi presented himself to the legislative elections but failed.
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In 1975, William Hawi was leading operations against the Palestinians fighting in Lebanon at the Souks of Beirut, Karantina, Jisr el Basha, Dekwaneh, Galerie Semaan and what is known as the "Battle of the Hotels".
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On July 13,1976, William Hawi was killed by a Palestinian sniper following this victory.
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William Hawi's family comes from the village of Choueir in North Metn, Lebanon.
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William Hawi's second son, William, was born in New York, US in 1908.
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William Hawi played football, tennis and loved swimming and skiing.
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William Hawi met Pierre Gemayel in sports meetings and the latter invited him in 1937 to join the Lebanese Phalange Organization.
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William Hawi owned a factory of mirrors, which exported its products to the Arab countries and became one of the most important factories in the Middle East before moving from Debbas Square to Jisr el Basha.
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William Hawi accepted Pierre Gemayel's invitation and joined the Phalange Organization in 1937 even when it was working secretly and illegally following a decree ordering its dissolution on November 18,1938.
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William Hawi was involved in several issues: consolidating the Party's authority and creating and developing the Kataeb Regulatory Forces in an atmosphere of discipline.
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William Hawi was appointed Head of the Second and Fourth Districts, President of the Recruitment Bureau in 1942, Head of the 'Department of Security, Sport and Mobilization' on May 29,1952, and member of the Political Bureau on July 12,1952.
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On January 23,1961, the Political Bureau dissolved the militants' organization before including its members in the Lebanese Phalange Party and William Hawi created the Kataeb Regulatory Forces.
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On February 6,1961, William Hawi was appointed Head of said Forces.
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William Hawi held secret meetings with the Najjadeh Party at the mirror factory he owned in Debbas Square.
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William Hawi was entrusted with the security issues and requirements.
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William Hawi was worried by the lack of weapons, ammunitions and supplies and by the absence of coordination between the allied Lebanese forces at the front.
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William Hawi held several meetings with the allied forces in order to create a "Unified Operation Room", the first core of the "Lebanese Forces".
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William Hawi created a "Military Police" in charge of controlling the disorder and chaos that were everywhere and introduced a regulatory mechanism to guarantee road safety and guide the citizens to these safe roads.
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William Hawi was subjected to menaces and humiliation when he tried to rescue as many innocents as he could.
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William Hawi engaged in a fight against corruption and in a battle for liberation when the Palestinians tried to control Beirut completely by isolating it with their surrounding military camps.
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The Quarantine camp fell within 24 hours under the attack orchestrated by William Hawi, which opened the road linking Beirut to Kesserouan and Byblos in December 1976.
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The camp of Jisr el Basha fell after two days of the blockade organized by "Chef" William Hawi, paving the way for the liberation of the camp of Tell el Zaatar.
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On July 13,1976, William Hawi was killed in the middle of the battlefield, before having the opportunity to celebrate his victory.