International press sources revealed details concerning a secret American operation to deport a number of Palestinians from the United States to the occupied West Bank, via a luxurious private jet owned by a real estate magnate close to the family of US President Donald Trump. A report published by The Guardian newspaper stated that the 'Gulfstream' aircraft, owned by businessman Gil Dezer, departed from a detention center in Arizona with handcuffed and shackled Palestinians on board, and landed at Ben Gurion Airport after stops in New Jersey, Ireland, and Bulgaria.
The operation took place on the morning of January 21st, when 8 Palestinians were deported and briefly detained by the occupation authorities before being released at the Ni'lin checkpoint in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses reported that the deportees arrived in a difficult condition, wearing light prison clothes in cold weather, and carrying their belongings in plastic bags.
Gil Dezer, the owner of the plane, is a long-time partner of President Trump and a prominent donor to his election campaigns, and also serves as a member of the Miami branch of the 'Friends of the Israel Defense Forces' organization. The investigation indicated that this flight is part of a shift in the mass deportation policy pursued by the current Trump administration, where private planes are leased through intermediary companies to carry out the tasks of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Among the deportees was Maher Awad (24 years old), who lived in the United States for 10 years and left behind a newborn daughter in Michigan. Awad described his experience as bitter, noting that the occupation forces received them at the airport and transported them to the military checkpoint where they were dropped off 'like animals' on the side of the road, before finding help from local residents to contact their relatives with whom they had lost contact for a long time.
Mohammed Kanaan, an academic living near the checkpoint, reported that the army does not usually release prisoners in that area, noting that he hosted the men in his home and provided them with food and necessary communications. Records show that the Dezer family, which runs a major real estate company, has contributed more than $1.3 million to support Trump, and they have a close personal friendship that spans more than two decades.
Operational estimates indicate that the cost of such flights ranges between $400,000 and $500,000. While Dezer claimed no knowledge of the passengers' identities, human rights organizations criticized this 'opaque' private jet system that facilitates mass deportations without legal accountability or regard for humanitarian procedures, especially with the scattering of Palestinian families whose members still reside in the United States.
They dropped us off like animals on the side of the road.. This is how one of the Palestinian deportees described the moment they arrived at a military checkpoint in the West Bank after a difficult journey from America.
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Details revealed of secret deportation of Palestinians from America on luxury plane owned by Trump friend