The Rejectionist Front, official name Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions of Surrender, was a political coalition formed in 1974 by hardline Palestinian factions. The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...

The formation of the Rejectionist Front came after the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) had adopted the Ten Point Program [1] in its 12th Palestinian National Congress (PNC) session. While affirming the PLO's commitment to Israel's eventual destruction, this Fatah-sponsored initiative was a clear push towards moderation. Specifically, it 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 as a first step towards a two-state proposal. At the same PNC session, the ultimate goal of the PLO was defined as a democratic binational state, i.e. granting Jewish and Arab citizens the same rights in Palestine. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ... The Palestinian National Council (PNC) is the parliament in exile of the Palestinian people. ... The Fatah official emblem shows two fists holding rifles and a hand grenade superimposed on a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ... Binational solution is a term most often used in reference to a proposed resolution of the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... The Arabs ((Arabic: عرب Ê»arab) are a large ethnic group widespread in the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... ...

This prompted several of the most militant Palestinian factions to leave the PLO in protest and form the Rejectionist Front. They were mostly far-left organizations, some of them dominated by Arab states fearing a Palestinan-Israeli rapprochement. The Front was never an operative organization, but rather a statement of position; however, it was loudly backed by Iraq.

While the involved factions would generally continue to advocate a hardline policy towards Israel, most of them eventually rejoined the PLO &mdash' a notable exception being supporters of the ultra-nationalist Abu Nidal, who would from this date on extend his list of targets to include the PLO. Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... Abu Nidal in the 1970s, in one of only a handful of photographs of him known to exist. ...

Some members were:

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Arab Liberation Front (ALF)
• As-Sa'iqa
• Fatah - Revolutionary Council (aka Abu Nidal Organization; see Abu Nidal)
• Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF)
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PLFLP-GC)
• Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) - initially opposed, briefly member from 1978.