"The Trump administration chartered a private jet owned by an Israeli American businessman to deport eight Palestinians to the occupied West Bank this week, new reporting says. The Palestinians were taken in a Gulfstream IV owned by a real estate partner of President Donald Trump, Haaretz reports, and handed over to Israeli Prison Service officials by U.S. law enforcement. Israeli officials then transported them to a checkpoint by an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, where they were released."
"The Israeli outlet says that footage shows one of the deported Palestinians exiting the plane with his hands in cuffs, with Israeli security personnel awaiting him at the bottom of the steps. The case was described as "highly unusual," and is estimated to have cost roughly $300,000, based on the market cost of chartering a private jet of about $15,000 per hour in flight."
The Trump administration chartered a Gulfstream IV owned by an Israeli American real estate partner of President Donald Trump to deport eight Palestinians to the occupied West Bank. U.S. law enforcement handed the Palestinians to Israeli Prison Service officials, who transported them to a checkpoint by an illegal settlement and released them. Footage reportedly shows one deportee exiting the plane in cuffs with Israeli security personnel waiting. The operation was described as highly unusual and estimated to cost roughly $300,000. The flight refueled in Ireland and Bulgaria before landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport, and U.S. officials said the Palestinians were in the United States illegally.
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