Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: During the period of negotiations and threats following the invasion , Saddam focused renewed attention on the Palestinian problem by promising to withdraw his forces from Kuwait if Israel would relinquish the occupied territories in the West Bank , the Golan Heights , and the Gaza Strip .
Simplified: But Saddam had focused attention on the Palestinian problem by promising to make his forces leave from Kuwait if Israel would leave the occupied territories in the West Bank , the Golan Heights , and the Gaza Strip .