BOB CARR: I oppose BDS directed at the state of Israel; but anti-BDS laws are an overreach

Anti-BDS laws would make Israel the only nation protected under Australian statute from this kind of criticism and penalise innocent Australians

I OPPOSE BDS directed at the state of Israel. I have told Palestinian students at one university to drop plans to boycott a prominent Jewish-owned business and to focus on political action to advance their cause.

But I certainly support identifying the products of Israeli settlements on the occupied West Bank so consumers can make their own decisions about a purchase of olives or any other product. Or companies about an investment which would assist the settlements being planted across the West Bank clearly designed to smother any possibility of Palestinian statehood 

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