A man was arrested at John F. Kennedy in New York on Sunday after an alleged attempt to shoot a sub -office The Ministry of Justice at the American embassy in Tel Aviv said statement.
The man, Joseph New Yamer, is an American and dual -German citizen and was arrested in Israel on May 19 after a hostile confrontation, where Neumir spas on a Security guard in front of the office earlier that day, according to the Ministry of Justice.
The statement said that the goalkeeper tried and failed to detention Newmae, who abandoned the backpack he was carrying to liberate.
The statement added that the search for the backpack that he left at the embassy after the confrontation “revealed three rudimentary incendiary devices known as the Molotov cocktail.” Officials managed to track Neumeyer to his hotel, where he was arrested.
The Ministry of Justice also said that Newmaeer, 28, published the following on social media: “Join me while burning the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America, death to the Americans, and.” The West.
The statement added that the threats on social media to assassinate President Donald Trump.
It was not clear whether Neuyyer kept a lawyer. The representatives of federal defenders in New York immediately did not respond to the comment on Sunday night.
Neuyyer claims in social media profiles, which have been verified by NBC News, that he is the founder and executive director of a company called Atlas Light Co. It was not immediately clear what the company is doing, and Neumeyer claims to have established a number of startups.
Recent publications on Facebook indicate the western discontent, specifically with the United States and Trump.
The Ministry of Justice said that New Temayer arrived in Israel last month, but he did not go to the American embassy in Tel Aviv until May 19. It was not clear where he was residing in the country or what he was doing there before last week.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“The administration will not tolerate such violence and this defendant will be tried to the maximum limit of the law.”
“The reasonable behavior and violence at home or abroad will not be tolerated, and the FBI, who works with our partners, will face justice for its dangerous actions,” the director of the FBI Cash Patel added in a statement.
Neuyyer, who has been deported to the United States by the Israeli authorities, may face imprisonment for up to 20 years if convicted.
His arrest comes several days after the killing of two employees who worked at the Israeli embassy in Washington, leaving an event at the Jewish Capital Museum.
The suspect in this shooting, Elias Rodriguez, was later accused of two first -class death charges. According to the videos taken at the scene and posted on social media, Rodriguez cried out “Palestine is free and for free” after his arrest.
Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke the next day of the shooting, as Netanyahu condemned this act as a “anti -Semitic murder.”
