Its illegal to boycott israel in some states in America but legal to boycott America in America. Makes you think
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That's the state doing as much as it can get away with to stop them. It's blacklisting companies for ideological reasons. It's the state enforcing a particular viewpoint by favoritism. Would you support the state blacklisting companies unless they give money to say, pro-tranny organizations?
No, it's blacklisting companies participating in enemy action. BDS is not an organic campaign, but a specifically hostile action using the domestic population of the US as a weapon against an ally, fostered, funded, and organized by both terrorist organizations and hostile governments.
If the BDS movement was targeting Canada instead of Israel, with everything else the same, then I would remain completely comfortable with stopping the US governments from funding enemy action. Frankly, it would be more important to do that because Canada is a closer ally than Israel.
Different issue. This is, again, about refusing to give state funds. Not black-listing. No one is entitled to state funding (of which funding should be severely reduced). Anti-BDS isn't compelling anyone to actually make a transaction, your example is.
Boycotting Israel within the US is not "enemy action." If BDS as an organization is an enemy than it can be outlawed. These laws will affect anyone who wants to boycott Israel for any reason, not just someone affiliated with BDS.
And what if it was just someone who boycotted Bud Lite, for example? Should the state refuse to award contracts to someone who does that?
They typically aren't. Even back in the day when I was more Left-wing, I read the laws and they explicitly specify being part of the BDS movement itself. Just refusing to do business with Israel is not enough, and implicitly refusing is entirely unenforceable.
This still isn't related to anti-BDS, or anything around it.
You're better off talking about federal funds to abortion providers versus planned parenthood.
As enacted, prohibits a public entity from entering into a contract with a company unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and will not for the duration of the contract engage in, a boycott of Israel
Nope. There are "anti-BDS" laws that just generically strong arm companies into not boycotting Israel.