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Melbourne U. Student Union Rescinds Boycott Israel Motion after Legal Threat
(Sydney Morning Herald-Australia) Nicole Precel - The University of Melbourne student union on Thursday rescinded a motion passed on April 29 calling on the university to boycott Israel, after being threatened with legal action. Postgraduate law student Justin Riazaty, 21, who is not Jewish, said the union understood that they couldn't engage in "immoral conduct thinking they are above it and thinking they are above their own rules, purposes and above the law." "Hopefully, it will help show students that all students matter, and they should feel safe expressing their views, whatever these views should be. A representative body shouldn't be taking sides, especially on complex political issues, when that is not what their mandate is....I do trust that the union now recognizes that their actions have consequences and their anti-Semitic propaganda will not go unchecked."