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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Harry Davies, Alice Speri and Sufian Taha

Revealed: Private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank

Illustration featuring several people mentioned in the story including Gil Dezer and Donald Trump
A Guardian investigation has established the flight was part of a secretive US government operation to deport Palestinians arrested by ICE. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty

On the morning of 21 January, Israeli authorities left eight Palestinian men at a West Bank checkpoint. Disoriented and cold, they were dressed in prison-issued tracksuits and carried their few belongings in plastic bags.

Hours earlier, they had been sitting with their wrists and ankles shackled on the plush leather seats of a private jet owned by the Florida property tycoon Gil Dezer, a longtime business partner of Donald Trump.

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