Ohio Governor Mike DeWine requested a major disaster declaration on Monday from the Biden administration for East Palestine, 150 days after the Norfolk Southern train derailment.

In a letter to President Joe Biden, the state’s Republican governor explained that the deadline to make the request was Monday, after the Federal Emergency Management Agency refused to grant an extension, while the state “continues to evaluate long term needs” stemming from the early February train incident. DeWine added that assistance to the community from Norfolk Southern, which faces litigation over the derailment and just announced last Friday that it would sue rail car owners over cleanup costs, is not guaranteed.

“The possibility remains that the voluntary support provided by Norfolk Southern could at some point in the future cease, and this Declaration is needed to ensure that the State and Federal government use all resources available to step in and provide the community with needed assistance,” DeWine wrote.

Recently released documents from the National Transportation Safety Board show the freight train derailed on February 3 while passing through the small town of East Palestine, a village near Ohio’s border with Pennsylvania, after a car’s wheel set fell off, according to The New York Times. Although no one was killed in the derailment, local residents were soon terrified by the health and environmental threats posed by the controlled burn of toxic chemicals that spilled out of tanker cars.

DeWine, who noted that officials had determined a “controlled release” would be the safest course of action meant to “avoid the dangers of explosion,” said that the clean-up of the site continues to this day, five months later.

“Residents continue to report medical conditions and are concerned that the air and water were impacted by the chemicals released during this incident,” the governor added. “This derailment and the subsequent controlled release were extraordinary events that continue to garner national media coverage.”

DeWine also said the state is still working to “identify current needs and evaluate the future impacts” the disaster will have on individuals and the East Palestine community.

“In addition to the physical and mental health impacts, there have been economic impacts,” the governor wrote. “Homeowners and business have seen property value decline and loss of business as people are hesitant to come into the community.”

Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), chastised Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for her critique about Israel launching a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Their clash took place Monday on Twitter after Tlaib, a Palestinian American and member of the leftist “Squad” in the House, reacted to video footage posted by Al Jazeera English that seemed to show an Israeli bulldozer destroying a street in a Jenin refugee camp.

The post from Al Jazeera English also noted that Palestinian officials say road destruction has hindered the ability of ambulances to reach injured people.

Video footage shows an Israeli bulldozer destroying a street in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank as Israel's forces carried out a deadly raid.

The destruction of the roads has prevented ambulances from getting to injured people, say Palestinian officials ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/6tZxomfsnp

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) July 3, 2023

“Israeli forces are now blocking ambulances from reaching the dozens of wounded Palestinians after at least eight people were killed in Jenin,” Tlaib said in a tweet. “Congress must stop funding this violent Israeli apartheid regime.”

Israeli forces are now blocking ambulances from reaching the dozens of wounded Palestinians after at least eight people were killed in Jenin.

Congress must stop funding this violent Israeli apartheid regime. https://t.co/uPEEhWDDrG

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) July 3, 2023

Greenblatt reacted by accusing Tlaib of spreading falsehoods and echoing what the Israeli Defense Force has said about the operation — that the IDF is striking “terrorist infrastructure” while conducting a counterterrorism operation in the area.

“Even for [Tlaib], the level of dishonesty here is truly staggering,” Greenblatt said.

Even for @RashidaTlaib, the level of dishonesty here is truly staggering.

For starters, it’s a complete fiction. But equally important, this was a targeted action against armed terrorists who brutally murdered innocents, recklessly hid weapons under a mosque and intentionally… https://t.co/1KGuoM1qiz

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) July 3, 2023

“For starters, it’s a complete fiction. But equally important, this was a targeted action against armed terrorists who brutally murdered innocents, recklessly hid weapons under a mosque and intentionally located their ops center next to a school,” he added.

“But when members of congress knowingly slander the Jewish state in a time of rising anti-Jewish hate, they should be held accountable for fanning the flames and endangering Jewish people everywhere,” Greenblatt concluded.

In her Twitter thread, Tlaib shared as a “Source” a link to a February article from Haaretz, an Israeli news outlet, about the perils faced by rescue teams working in Jenin.

⬇️⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Hf55Kax4UA

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) July 3, 2023

Greenblatt, who served in former President Barack Obama’s White House, has criticized Tlaib before for her anti-Israel rhetoric: Last year, joined with Jewish pro-Israel Democrats in condemning Tlaib after she declared that “you cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel’s apartheid government” at an American Muslims for Palestine event.

“In one sentence, [Tlaib] simultaneously tells American Jews that they need to pass an anti-Zionist litmus test to participate in progressive spaces even as she doubles down on her #antisemitism by slandering Israel as an apartheid state,” Greenblatt said in a pair of tweets reacting to Tlaib’s assertion. “It’s absolutely reprehensible and does nothing to advance the cause of peace. We call on people of good will and leaders across the political spectrum to make clear that such #antisemitism will not be tolerated,” he added.