US Arrests Dual Citizen Over Tel Aviv Embassy Attack

Joseph Neumayer, a 28-year-old dual U.S.-German citizen, was arrested at JFK Airport after being deported from Israel for allegedly attempting to firebomb the Tel Aviv branch of the U.S. Embassy with three Molotov cocktails. On May 19, he reportedly spat on a security guard and fled, leaving the explosives behind, before being tracked and arrested at his hotel. Authorities discovered social media posts in which Neumayer threatened violence against the embassy and former President Trump. Israeli officials deported him to the U.S., where he now faces federal charges with a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel condemned the attack and pledged vigorous prosecution. The arrest follows heightened security concerns after a separate fatal attack on Israeli embassy staff in Washington, D.C. days earlier.