The Trump Administration has announced that states and cities that boycott Israeli-owned or Israeli-based companies will be ineligible for federal disaster relief and aid. In a notice issued Friday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) stated that jurisdictions must comply with its “terms and conditions,” which now include a requirement not to cut “commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies” in order to qualify for funding.

The affected funding includes approximately $1.9 billion in federal grants used by states for critical disaster preparedness needs, such as search-and-rescue equipment, emergency management salaries, and backup power systems. FEMA also said that major cities must comply with the new Israel-related condition to receive a share of $553.5 million allocated for counterterrorism efforts in high-density urban areas like New York City.

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well, if there was any question about whether Trump was compromised or not, I think that has been answered.

Facing strong bipartisan backlash, the Trump Administration has withdrawn a controversial provision from FEMA’s “terms and conditions” that would have denied federal emergency aid and disaster relief grants to states and cities that boycotted or refused to do business with Israeli-based companies.