Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubuda kukuru kwevaPalestine muKuwait kwakatanga nokupinda kweIraq munyika yacho muzhizha ra1990. Kubuda kwacho kwaibatanidza vose vari vaviri vaKuwaiti navaPalestine, avo vakanga vachiumba chikamu chikuru chavagari veKuwaiti. Pavanhu vokutanga 350 000 vorudzi rwePalestine vaigara muKuwait pakati pa1990, vanopfuura 200 000 vakatiza Kuwait munguva yeHondo yeNyika yechipiri.
Kupinda kweIraq muKuwait, nemhaka yokushungurudzwa uye kutyisidzirwa nemauto okuchengetedzwa kweIraq, mukuwedzera pakudzingwa pabasa nevakuru vakuru veIraq muKuwait. Ushumiri hwedzidzo hweIraq muKuwait hwakadzinga vaPalestine 3.000 muna September 1990, uye kudzingwa kwavaPalestine kubva mumamwe mapoka kwakaenderera mberi muna October wose. VaIraq vakaitawo dzvinyiriro kuhofisi yePLO muKuwait, iyo yakanga yaramba kuronga kuratidzira kupi nokupi kwevaPalestine nemisangano yokutsigira Iraq. Chiratidziro bedzi chePalestine muKuwait mukati mokubata kweIraq chaiva chaizvoizvo kuratidzira kweKuwait, nevagari vePalestine vomunharaunda yeHawalli vachizunza mifananidzo yaEmir.