Look at the BDS website. They basically equate all Israeli companies with the government. In addition, Israel guarantees the right of return (ie. citizenship) to all Jews. So while BDS claims they're not anti-Semetic, they apply their definitions broadly enough that it's not hard to see what the end result is...
I guess Xi Jinping should buy off Republican lawmakers to get such a law instituted.
Countries are not protected by that act.
Because ordinarily Americans would never have direct interaction with the state of Israel.
https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/russia-sanct...
You can do a lot more business with Russia than what BDS suggests you should do with Israel...
> Can U.S. persons do business with entities in North Korea?
> No. Unless authorized pursuant to a general or specific license from OFAC and/or BIS, Executive Order (E.O.) 13722 prohibits new investment in North Korea by a U.S. person and the exportation or reexportation, from the United States, or by a U.S. person, of any goods, services, or technology to North Korea. E.O. 13810 (“Imposing Additional Sanctions with Respect to North Korea”) does not modify any of those prohibitions.
It's quite clear a) that national origin is a protected class and b) that a) does not mean it's illegal to target a nation-state.