Doesn't matter. Whether he's a Jew or lives in Israel is the problem I won't speculate, but this isn't a new issue. Don't know if
this policy has changed in the last two years, doubt it, but I'm told the reward for harming American citizens anywhere in the world applies anywhere in the world. Except Israel. Always has. Israel being a special circumstance. I guess State, and our government, thinks Americans in Israel get what they deserve. Administrations of both parties.