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Eight Palestinians Deported via Trump Associate's Private Jet

2/5/2026

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Israeli authorities deported eight Palestinian men from the U.S. to the West Bank on January 21 using a private jet owned by Gil Dezer, a Trump associate.
Security personnel left the deportees at a checkpoint after shackling them.
Maher Awad said he was distressed by being separated from his family in Michigan.
Dezer's private jet is chartered by ICE and has facilitated multiple deportation flights.

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Israeli authorities deported eight Palestinian men from the U.S. to the West Bank on January 21 using a private jet owned by Gil Dezer, a Trump associate.
Security personnel left the deportees at a checkpoint after shackling them.
Maher Awad said he was distressed by being separated from his family in Michigan.
Dezer's private jet is chartered by ICE and has facilitated multiple deportation flights.