The Trump administration has announced that states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied disaster aid, including funding to prevent terrorism in densely populated areas. The new threat came as part of updated grant terms and conditions released Friday, which stipulate that municipalities that sever ties with Israel do not qualify for federal funding.

"DHS will enforce all anti-discrimination laws and policies, including as it relates to the BDS movement, which is expressly grounded in antisemitism," a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement, referring to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement that has been organized to put economic pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza.

The new conditions tying domestic disaster funding t

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