The Trump administration briefly sought to make access to Federal Emergency Management Agency grants contingent on states and cities certifying that they do not boycott Israeli businesses. Grant notices posted on 1 August said applicants would have to affirm they would not "sever commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies" in order to tap at least $1.9 billion earmarked for search-and-rescue equipment, emergency-management salaries and backup power systems. The requirement drew criticism for tying routine disaster-preparedness funding to a foreign-policy position aimed at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. While largely symbolic—34 states already bar boycotts of Israel—the policy signaled a willingness to use federal dollars to enforce the administration’s views on Israel and antisemitism. Hours after the Reuters report that disclosed the new language, the Department of Homeland Security removed the clause from its website and said no state had lost funding. “FEMA grants remain governed by existing law and policy and not political litmus tests,” DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said, adding that the agency had imposed no new conditions. The reversal leaves long-standing grant criteria in place and ends, at least for now, an attempt to link disaster funds to an anti-boycott pledge.