 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika pakati pema1970, Arafat neboka rake reFatah vakazviwana vari mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma. Arafat akakurumidza kudaidzira kuti pave nedhipatimendi, zvichida zvakanakisisa zvinoratidzirwa neGumi Point Program yake uye kutsigira kwake chisarudzo cheUN Security Council chakarongwa muna 1976 chinokumbira kugadziriswa kwenyika mbiri pamiganhu yapamberi pa1967. Asi Rejectionist Front yakashora kudana nokuda kworutivi rwokukurukurirana, uye chinetso chorutivi rwokukurukurirana chakarambwa neUnited States. Muna 1975, kusawirirana kwakanga kuri kuwedzera pakati pevarwi vePalestine nemapoka echiKristu kwakatungamirira kuHondo yeVanhu veLebanon, yaibatanidza mapoka ose. Pana 20 January 1976, PLO yakabatanidzwa muDamour massacre mukutsiva kuKarantina massacre. PLO neLebanese National Movement vakarwisa taundi rechiKristu reDamour, vachiuraya vanhuwo zvavo 684 uye vachimanikidza vakasara vevagari veguta kutiza. Muna 1976 Syria yakabatana nehondo nekupinda muLebanon, ichitanga makore makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe ekupinda kweSyria muLebanon, uye muna 1978 Israel yakapinda muSouth Lebanon mukupindura kuCosta Road Massacre, yakaitwa nePalestinian militants yakavakirwa muLebanon. 