Word: rejectionist
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...Assad's friend Franjieh and more than 35 other pro-Syrian Christians in June, Syria became convinced that the plot was already in motion. Assad was further alarmed when the Camp David talks foreshadowed a separate Israeli-Egyptian peace, thereby tipping the military balance between Israel and "rejectionist" Arab states even further in Israel's favor...
...reject their dubious offer. His determination to solve his Lebanese dilemma was probably hardened by the success of the Camp David peace talks, which foreshadowed a separate peace between Egypt and Israel. Such a development would leave Israel free to concentrate its massive firepower on Syria and other "rejectionist" Arab states...
Those consequences could well have caused a thorough reshuffling of the entire deck of Middle East cards. The arguments by Arab moderates would be badly tarnished. The Soviet Union and "rejectionist" Arab states such as Libya and Iraq would gloat that they had long condemned Sadat's solo initiative as foolish and had warned fellow Arab nations against looking to the U.S. for satisfaction in their conflict with the Israelis...
Hussein is presently under pressure from the "Rejectionist Front"--made up of Syria, Libya, Algeria, South Yemen and the Palestinian Liberation Organization--to oppose the agreements...
Meanwhile, Syrian President Assad, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) President Yassir Arafat and other "Rejectionist Front" leaders, harshly denounced Sadat's actions. Assad said yesterday, "Sadat has stripped himself of all Arab affinities...