August 4, 2025 - WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday reversed course on requiring U.S. cities and states to rebuke boycotts of Israeli companies in order to receive disaster funds, according to a statement, and deleted the earlier ...

August 4, 2025 - The Trump administration will deny federal disaster‑preparedness aid to U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies, linking routine funding to its political position.

1 week ago - Despite reports that senior officials in his administration are frustrated with Netanyahu stalling the peace process by refusing to further withdraw his forces from Gaza, Trump said he was “not concerned about anything that Israel is doing”. ...

August 4, 2025 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump administration announced Monday, tying routine federal funding to its political stance.

August 5, 2025 - An updated document posted after Reuters and Newsweek reported on the notices showed that language about boycotting Israeli companies had been removed. The FEMA notices posted Friday related to at least $1.9 billion in federal grants that states depend on for search‑and‑rescue gear, emergency management salaries, backup power systems and other essentials, according to Reuters' reporting and Newsweek's review. They marked the Trump administration's latest move to leverage federal funding to advance its stance on Israel but also sparked sharp scrutiny from many Trump supporters.

The Trump administration changed course Monday amid outrage sparked by its threat to withhold at least $1.9 billion in disaster preparedness funding to states and local governments that support boycotts of Israel or Israeli firms.

August 5, 2025 - WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump’s administration quickly reversed course Monday on compelling American cities and states to avoid boycotts of Israeli companies in order to receive disaster funds, according to a statement, and deleted ...

This legislation draws its inspiration from the GOP platform, which at the Trump campaign’s insistence, falsely defined the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign for Palestinian rights as “anti-Semitic in nature” and claimed that it seeks “to destroy Israel.” The platform also called “for effective legislation to thwart” BDS and thereby impinge upon Americans’ First Amendment protected right to advocate for and organize boycotts.

August 5, 2025 - In a move aimed squarely at curbing ... announced that U.S. states and The Trump administration now requires states and cities to certify they are not boycotting Israeli companies to receive FEMA disaster funding, reinforcing a national ...

August 5, 2025 - The Trump administration appears to have changed a policy that previously stated that states and cities that boycott Israeli companies could be ineligible for disaster relief funds, it emerged on Monday.

August 5, 2025 - The old terms and conditions, which states must follow to be allowed access to funds, followed what the DHS called a “discriminatory prohibited boycott”, but the updated version, quietly published late on Monday no longer uses that language. “There is NO FEMA requirement tied to Israel in any current NOFO.

August 4, 2025 - The Trump administration said states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, according to an agency statement.

August 5, 2025 - The Trump administration announced today that American states and cities boycotting Israeli companies will not receive natural disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The Trump administration said states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, according to an agency statement.

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December 8, 2025 - In fact, it’s the work of a specific group of conservative critics of Israel who have maneuvered — sometimes in unison and sometimes on their own — to push the debate to the center of the MAGA conversation. In their own telling, they are motivated by a desire to resolve a glaring contradiction between Trump’s “America First” philosophy and the U.S.’s ongoing support for Israel.

August 6, 2025 - However, before being removed, the clause said: “Discriminatory prohibited boycott means refusing to deal, cutting commercial relations, or otherwise limiting commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies or with companies doing business in or with Israel or authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of Israel to do business,” according to 11 agency grant notices reviewed by Reuters.

August 5, 2025 - Trump administration deletes clause threatening to withhold $1.9B in disaster funding from entities that support boycotting Israel, following MAGA backlash.

August 5, 2025 - › ... Stephen Prager is a staff writer for Common Dreams. The Trump administration announced Monday that it will cut off federal natural disaster preparation funding to any state or city that boycotts Israeli products.

August 5, 2025 - The Trump administration has quietly rescinded a policy tying federal disaster funds to opposition to boycotts of Israeli companies.