Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubuda kwevaPalestine kubva kuKuwait kwakaitika panguva uye mushure meHondo yeGulf. Paiva navaPalestine 400 000 muKuwait pamberi peHondo yeGulf. Mukati meHondo yeGulf, vaPalestine vanopfuura 200 000 vakatiza Kuwait mukati mokubata kweIraq Kuwait
nemhaka yokushungurudzwa uye kutyisidzirwa nemasimba ezvokuchengetedza eIraq, mukuwedzera pakudzingwa pabasa nevakuru vakuru veIraq muKuwait. Pashure peHondo yeGulf muna 1991, zviremera zveKuwait zvakamanikidza vaPalestine vanenge 200 000 kuti vabve muKuwait. Gadziriro iyo yakatungamirira mukubuda uku yakanga iri mhinduro kukuwirirana kwomutungamiri wePLO Yasser Arafat naSaddam Hussein.