‘Antisemitism’: FEMA no longer needs states to oppose the boycott of Israel; DHS confirms
The Trump administration quietly removed a section from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines, which required states to maintain commercial relations with Israel to qualify for the Federal Emergency Fund.Claus is listed in the department of internal terms and conditions of the first Homeland Security (DHS), stated that states should not support the separation of commercial relations, or otherwise limiting commercial relations with Israeli companies or with Israeli trade companies. ” The condition was removed on Monday without a public announcement.After increasing the upsurge and giving media investigation after the administration, after giving disaster relief at the risk of withdrawing at least $ 1.9 billion on the threat of the administration, which support the boycott of Israel or Israel firms. FEMA funding states are required to manage natural disasters, support emergency operations, pay employees and maintain important equipment.DHS FEMA oversees operations, and on Monday, agency spokesperson Trisia McLaglin confirmed the policy change, saying, “FEMA grants are ruled by existing law and policy and do not conduct political litmus tests,” quoting Euro News.This section appeared to target boycott, partitions and restrictions (BDS) movement, which wanted to implement economic pressure on Israel on its military functions in Gaza, which has now been running for more than 20 months. Euro News reported that DHS had earlier referred to the BDS campaign as a “discriminatory prohibited boycott”, which has now been removed from FEMA’s updated guidelines.DHS said in a post on X Tuesday, “There is no need for Israel in any existing NOFO. No state has lost funding, and no new situation has been given.” “DHS will implement all anti-discrimination laws and policies, in which it is related to the BDS movement, which is clearly based in antismitism. Those who are engaged in racial discrimination should not receive a single dollar of federal funding, ”said it.The initial inclusion of the administration was widely criticized for tying life -saving emergency assistance to political ideology. Many US media outlets condemned the move as using federal assistance to implement political loyalty.The decision to withdraw in Gaza amid the increasing international criticism of Israeli’s ongoing military aggressive. While the Trump administration has maintained strong Israeli policies, it has also pledged to compete that it is called “leftist -induced antismitism”, saying that it has no place in the US and will not be “tolerated.
