Trump administration reverses new guidelines tying Fema funds to Israeli boycotts

The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security has reversed a guideline that linked federal disaster relief funds to states' policies on boycotting Israel. A clause in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (Fema) guidelines threatened to deny natural disaster preparation funds to US states and territories that boycott Israeli companies. Following media reports and subsequent backlash, the provision was discreetly removed from the terms and conditions. DHS confirmed the removal, stating that no states had lost funding and that grants would not be subject to political litmus tests, while also condemning the BDS movement.