Some of the pan-Arabist members justifying their views by claiming that the Palestinian struggle must be the spearhead of a wider, pan-Arab movement.

Benny Morris argues that the Arabs in Palestine nevertheless remained part of a larger pan-Islamist or pan-Arab national movement.

Al-Bazzaz's interest in the pan-Arab movement again put him in disagreement with the new government of Abd al-Karim Qasim (1958-1963).

Aflaq, who saw himself as the leader of the pan-Arab ba'athist movement, declared his intent to take control of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party.

He wins in the eyes of the Arab world even if he loses, because he's carrying on the dream of the pan-Arab movement.

His policies and strong opposition to nascent pan-Arab movements prefigure the French political strategy after the First World War.

But the most dramatic change likely to come out of the meeting is the transformation of the party from a pan-Arab movement to a Syrian one.

It was responsible for coordinating the pan-Arab Ba'ath movement.

This understanding would help the Soviet's to realize the need to support the pan-Arab movement, especially when it came to developing relations with Egypt and Palestine.

This could be due to the fact that Soviet propaganda was more pro-communism than pro-Arab in their information warfare during a period of growth for the pan-Arab movement.