Luxury plane owned by Florida property tycoon has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv, Guardian investigation shows. Plus, Democratic senator calls for national strike if Trump interferes with midterms
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Palestinians arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were deported to the West Bank on a private jet owned by an ally of Donald Trump, a Guardian investigation revealed on Thursday.
Has Dezer’s jet been used for deportations before? Yes. According to Human Rights First, it made four “removal flights”, to Kenya, Liberia, Guinea and Eswatini, starting last October.
How has he responded? In an email, Dezer told the Guardian he was “never privy to the names” of those who travelled on his jet when it was privately chartered by Journey, or the purpose of the flight. “The only thing I’m notified about is the dates of use,” he said.
What does each side want? Washington wants to expand the negotiations to cover Iran’s ballistic missiles, support for the region’s armed groups and “treatment of their own people”, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said. Tehran is seeking assurances that the US is not using the talks as a smokescreen to impose regime change.
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