Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubuda kwevaPalestine muKuwait kwakaitika panguva uye pashure peHondo yeGulf. Mukati meHondo yeGulf, vaPalestine vanopfuura 200 000 vakatiza nokuzvidira Kuwait mukati meHondo yeGulf.
Kupinda kweIraq muKuwait nemhaka yokushungurudzwa uye kutyisidzirwa nemauto okuchengetedzwa kweIraq, mukuwedzera pakudzingwa pabasa nevakuru vakuru veIraq muKuwait. Pashure peHondo yeGulf, zviremera zveKuwait zvakamanikidza vaPalestine vanosvika 200 000 kuti vabve muKuwait muna 1991. Mutemo weKuwait, uyo wakatungamirira kukubuda uku, wakanga uri mhinduro yokuwirirana kwomutungamiri wePalestine Yasser Arafat nePalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) nomudzvinyiriri Saddam Hussein, uyo akanga ambopinda muKuwait.