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The Front also failed in its goal of weakening Arafat; the PLO Chairman remained securely at the helm of the organization and consolidated a massive war arsenal and order of battle in southern
Lebanon in order to harass the Israelis. The Ten-Point Program increased Arafat's worth on the diplomatic
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Though the rift initially caused a popular breakthrough for the members of the
Rejectionist Front, in the long run it only marginalized them and caused them to be perceived as lackeys of the Arab states. The fact that it was more of an alignment
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and PLO were seen too as a threat to Syria, as they opposed Syrian strategy. As a result, the
Rejectionist Front itself became split between the PFLP and various smaller groups which sided with the LNM and Fatah, and as-Saiqa and the
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front as more western states became willing to speak with his representatives. The members of the Front, contrastingly, isolated themselves as extremists and subservient to the Arab states that backed them and even to the USSR.
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organizations fearing a
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