Original sentence: As a consequence, the Guardians of the Cedars have adopted positions hostile to pan-arabism and to Arabs in general.It was in Sidon, during the Israeli occupation, that The Guardians of the Cedars were widely accused of acting as a death squad and were believed by many to be responsible for the murders and disapppearances of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.Saqr himself had fought against Muslim rebel forces back in the Lebanon Crisis of 1958.The Guardians of the Cedars are a right wing political movement and former militia in Lebanon.The Guardians of the Cedars started to form a militia in the years leading up to the Lebanese Civil War and commenced military operations in April 1975.They have reorganized as a political party, but it remains banned in Lebanon.Unlike the Phalangists and the Tigers, who both cooperated semi-secretly with Israel,  the Guardians of the Cedars incorporated collaboration with Israel into their ideology
Edited sentence: As a consequence, the Guardians of the Cedars have adopted positions hostile to pan-arabism and Arabs in general.Guardians of the Cedars is a right wing political movement and former militia in Lebanon.Guardians of the Cedars started to form a militia in the years leading up to the Lebanese Civil War and commenced military operations in April 1975.It was in Sidon, during the Israeli occupation, that The Guardians of the Cedars were widely accused of acting as a death squad and were believed to be responsible for the murders and disapppearances of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.Like the Phalangists and the Tigers, who both cooperated openly with Israel,  the Guardians of the Cedars' went further and  incorporated collaboration with Israel into their ideology.Saqr himself fought against Muslim rebel forces in the Lebanese Civil War of 1958