 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Vapoteri vePalestine vakawedzerwa vakasvika mushure meHondo yeArab-Israeli ya1967. Zvichitevera kukundwa kwavo muhondo yevagari vemuJordani, zviuru zvevarwi vePalestine zvakaunganazve muRebhanoni, zvichitungamirirwa nePalestine Liberation Organization yaYasser Arafat, nechinangwa chekudzokorora modus operandi yekurwisa Israeri kubva kumuvakidzani asina kusimba mune zvematongerwo enyika nemasoja. Kutanga muna 1968, varwi vePalestine vemapoka akasiyana-siyana vakatanga kushandisa kumaodzanyemba kweRebhanoni senzvimbo yokutanga kurwisa Israeri. Kurwisa kuviri uku kwakatungamirira kuchinoitika chinokosha muhondo yevagari vemo yeLebanon yakanga ichangotanga. Muna July 1968, rimwe boka rePeoples Front for the Liberation of Palestine PFLP raGeorge Habash rakaba ndege yeEl Al yechiIsraerivari munzira kuenda kuAlgiers; muna December, vapfuri vaviri vePFLP vakapfura ndege yeEl Al muAthens, zvichiguma norufu rwomuIsraeri. 