Palestinian expulsion from Kuwait

The Palestinian expulsion from Kuwait or 1991 Palestinian exodus from Kuwait took place at the end of the Gulf War, when Kuwait expelled almost 450,000 Palestinians. The policy which led to this exodus was a response to the alignment of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the PLO with Saddam Hussein, who had earlier invaded Kuwait. The exodus took place during one week in March 1991, following Kuwait's liberation from Iraqi occupation. The story received little media attention in the aftermath of the liberation of Kuwait. Prior to the exodus, Palestinians made up about 30% of Kuwait's population of 2.2 million. More than half a million Palestinian Arabs and their desendants resided in Kuwait, after arriving there primarily from Jordan,...