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The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2010. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.

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The opening as it read in 2010

Rejectionist Front (جبهة الرفض) or Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions of Surrender (جبهة القوى الفلسطينية الرافضة للحلول الإستسلامية) was a political coalition formed in 1974 by radical Palestinian factions who rejected the Ten Point Program adopted by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in its 12th Palestinian National Congress (PNC) session.¹ While affirming the PLO's commitment to fight Israel , the Fatah -sponsored Ten Point Program authorized the PLO to "establish [an] independent combatant national authority for the people over every part of Palestinian territory that is liberated", which was regarded by many Palestinians as a possible first step towards a two-state proposal.² At the same PNC session, the ultimate goal of the PLO was defined as a democratic bi-national state, i.e. granting Jewish and Arab citizens the same rights in a future Palestinian state .³ This prompted several of the more militant Palestinian factions to leave the PLO in protest and form the Rejectionist Front.⁴ They were mostly far-left organizations, some of them dominated by Arab states fearing a Palestinian-Israeli rapprochement.⁵ The Front was never an operative organization, but rather a statement of position; however, it was loudly backed by Iraq . While the involved factions continued to advocate a hard-line policy towards Israel, most of them eventually rejoined the PLO, for example in 1977, when the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front was announced. But tensions remained, and the Rejectionist Front or similar initiatives were revived virtually every time Arafat made a conciliatory gesture towards Israel. The most serious rift was in 1988, when the PLO recognized Israel, and most of the left wing of the PLO again broke out, backed by Syria.⁶ CHAKHTOURA Maria, La guerre des graffiti , Beyrouth, Éditions Dar an-Nahar, 2005, page 136.⁷

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The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

The Rejectionist Front (جبهة الرفض) or Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions of Surrender (جبهة القوى الفلسطينية الرافضة للحلول الإستسلامية) was a political coalition formed in 1974 by radical Palestinian factions who rejected the Ten Point Program adopted by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in its 12th Palestinian National Congress (PNC) session. While affirming the PLO's commitment to fight Israel , the Fatah -sponsored Ten Point Program authorized the PLO to "establish [an] independent combatant national authority for the people over every part of Palestinian territory that is liberated", which was regarded by many Palestinians as a possible first step towards a two-state proposal. At the same PNC session, the ultimate goal of the PLO was defined as recovering the Palestinian right of return and right of self-determination "on the whole of the soil of their homeland". This prompted several of the more militant Palestinian factions to leave the PLO in protest and form the Rejectionist Front. They were mostly far-left organizations fearing a Palestinian-Israeli rapprochement. The Front was never an operative organization, but rather a statement of position. It was strongly backed by Iraq . While the involved factions continued to advocate a hard-line policy towards Israel, most of them eventually rejoined the PLO, for example in 1977, when the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front was announced. But tensions remained, and the Rejectionist Front or similar initiatives were revived virtually every time Arafat made a conciliatory gesture towards Israel. The most serious rift was in 1988, when the PLO recognized Israel, and most of the left wing of the PLO again left, backed by Syria .

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“militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. Read the current article and compare.

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	2010	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025
militant	1	1	0	0	0

1. Removed: “Rejectionist Front (جبهة الرفض) or Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions…” In the article until October 6, 2023 (rev), gone by 2025 (rev).

The Arabic name and alternate translation of the coalition's full name survive today, repositioned earlier in the current opening.

2. Removed: “While affirming the PLO's commitment to fight Israel , the Fatah -sponsored…” In the article until 2015 (rev), gone by 2020 (rev).

The sentence on the PLO's Fatah-sponsored Ten Point Program affirming its commitment to fight Israel is gone from the opening.

3. Removed: “At the same PNC session, the ultimate goal of the PLO was…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

The description of the PLO's stated ultimate goal at that PNC session is gone from the opening.

4. Removed: “This prompted several of the more militant Palestinian factions to leave the PLO in…” In the article until 2015 (rev), gone by 2020 (rev).

The sentence describing the more militant Palestinian factions leaving the PLO to form the Front is gone in that wording; today's opening instead describes 'radical Palestinian factions' rejecting the Ten Point Program.

5. Removed: “They were mostly far-left organizations, some of them dominated by Arab states…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

The description of the Front's factions as mostly far-left organizations, some dominated by Arab states, is gone from the opening.

6. Removed 4 sentences: “The Front was never an operative organization, but rather a statement of…” In the article until 2015 (rev), gone by 2020 (rev).

The statement that the Front was never an operative organization but rather a statement of position is gone from the opening.

7. Removed: “CHAKHTOURA Maria, La guerre des graffiti , Beyrouth, Éditions Dar an-Nahar, 2005,…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

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