[ April 17, 2026 ]
A man was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on Sunday following an alleged attempt to firebomb a branch office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, the Justice Department said in a statement.
The man, named Joseph Neumeyer, is a dual American and German citizen and was detained in Israel on May 19 after a hostile confrontation in which Neumeyer spit on a security guard in front of the office earlier that day, according to the Justice Department.
The guard tried and failed to detain Neumeyer, who ditched the backpack he was carrying to break free, the statement said.
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A search of the backpack he left behind at the embassy after the confrontation “revealed three rudimentary improvised incendiary devices commonly known as Molotov cocktails,” the statement added. Officials were able to track Neumeyer to his hotel, where he was arrested.
On May 19, Neumeyer wrote on Facebook:
“Join me this afternoon in Tel Aviv. We are burning down the U.S. embassy.”
“Death to America. Death to Americans and f*** the West.”
“We are killing Trump and Musk now.”
BREAKING – The man who plotted to take President Trump’s life and bomb the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, German-American dual citizen Joseph Neumayer, made 118 donations to Democrat causes through ActBlue. pic.twitter.com/eKi5Qrk4vl
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) May 26, 2025
That same day, he showed up outside the U.S. Embassy with a backpack full of Molotov cocktails. Confronted by a security guard, he ran while leaving the explosives behind. Israeli police caught him at his hotel. Days later, he was deported and arrested by the FBI at JFK.
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Now he’s facing federal charges that could land him in prison for 20 years.
Neumeyer wasn’t just a random extremist. He was a Democratic Party canvasser and an ActBlue donor. He was someone active in the same circles that talk nonstop about “threats to democracy.”
So ask yourself: What kind of person vows to murder Trump and Musk, then tries to burn down an embassy? And why isn’t the media talking more loudly about it?
Fuck Israel. Fuck an Israeli diplomat. Fuck an Israeli embassy.
— Ioneenknoyo (@DubJ) May 22, 2025
“He will now face justice.” New York Post: A Colorado man allegedly tried to firebomb a US Embassy office in Israel — and threatened to kill President Trump and Elon Musk, federal prosecutors revealed on Sunday. Joseph Neumeyer, 28, a US-German dual citizen, was charged with attempting to destroy the US Embassy branch in Tel Aviv during his appearance at the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Neumeyer was deported from Israel on Saturday and was detained pending trial, according to a press release of the complaint sent out on Sunday…. He made a series of social media posts threatening embassy staff and Americans more broadly before showing up at the US Embassy in Israel carrying homemade explosives, according to the complaint. “Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America. Death to Americans and f—k the west,” Neumeyer wrote in one Facebook post dated May 19, the feds alleged (New York Post).
Eyal Yakoby: Joseph Neumeyer, the man arrested at JFK for planning to firebomb the U.S. embassy outpost in Tel Aviv, posted “Death to Trump. Death to America.” Pro-Palestinians are the most violent people on planet earth. We need investigations and prosecutions (X).
FBI Director Kash Patel: Joining our partners, I can confirm that today FBI agents arrested Joseph Neumayer, a dual U.S. and German citizen, on allegations of planning to firebomb the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel — as well as threats made against President Trump’s life on social media. Neumayer was arrested earlier this week in Israel — when Embassy officials discovered a backpack carrying multiple explosive devices and a social media account allegedly linked to Neumayer detailing intent to attack the Embassy and threatening President Trump. Israel returned him to the U.S. as of this morning, where our special agents arrested him at John F. Kennedy airport. He will now face justice (FBI Director).
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