[IsraelTimes] The US has reportedly carried out two deportation flights for Palestinians illegally residing in the country, cooperating with Israel to send them back to the West Bank while using a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American businessman allied with President Donald Trump.
Haaretz says the first flight was carried out on January 21, carrying eight shackled passengers, and a second flight carrying an undisclosed number was conducted on February 2, according to the Guardian.
Both flights used the private jet belonging to Gil Dezer, a Trump donor, friend of Donald Trump Jr. and a member of the Miami branch of Friends of the IDF.
The Palestinians were flown to Ben Gurion Airport before being picked up by Israeli security officials who drove them to a West Bank checkpoint and left them there.
“They dropped us off like animals on the side of the road,” 24-year-old Maher Awad said. “We went to a local house, we knocked on the door, we were like: ‘Please help us out.’”
Next time, if there is a next time for you, don’t be illegal in the U.S. But in the meantime, note the message: just as you did not respect America, so America —and America’s allies — do not respect you. A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not answer questions about the deportation flights to Israel, but tells the Guardian, “If a judge finds an illegal alien has no right to be in this country, we are going to remove them. Period.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry declines to comment on the operation.
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