Victoria Police investigated reports of shocking anti-Semitism in Melbourne

Police have been unable to verify whether a headline making act of anti-Semitism in Melbourne had taken place.

No action will be taken about a shocking report of alleged anti-Semitism in Melbourne after a police investigation.

A man named Peter called radio station 3AW with an unverified report that four men had driven around South Yarra asking about the community and making threats.

“Where are the Jews? We want to kill the Jews,” the men allegedly said.

Victoria Police have confirmed they spoke to Peter in their investigation into the incident, however, he did not wish to make a formal complaint about it.

“Police have spoken to the parties involved and after a thorough investigation, the matter has been determined to the satisfaction of the reporting person,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.

Police could not confirm whether the alleged incident had taken place, just that they had spoken to the man who did not wish to take the issue further.

Mitchell later played a short recording of another man who recorded his alleged interaction with the men.

The man said four young men in a car had told him “we’re on the hunt to kill Jews”.

The allegations have not been verified.

“Police have been told a car pulled over near a man on Toorak Rd near Williams Rd when threats were made by occupants of the car about 4pm,” a Victoria Police spokesman said earlier on Wednesday.

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Sydney’s CBD and in front of the Opera House in a rally against Israel. Picture: Jasmine Kazlauskas/news.com.au

On Monday night, a small group at a pro-Palestine rally at the Sydney Opera House reportedly chanted “f**k the Jews” and “gas the Jews”, a reference to the Nazi Holocaust that slaughtered more than six million Jews in Europe in the 1940s.

NSW Premier Chris Minns condemned the scenes at the Opera House as “abhorrent”.

“To have some people celebrate atrocious indiscriminate killing and kidnapping in Israel is appalling,” he said.

“This is the opposite of the dynamic multicultural community we want in NSW and Australia.”

The group behind the protest has condemned the actions of a “tiny fringe” of 20 “vile anti-Semetic attendees” who were not connected to the rally.

“From our observations this occurred for less than one minute and was not an ongoing chant. They were quickly condemned for their chants and asked to leave,” Palestine Action Group Sydney wrote on social media.

“Long-standing Palestinian organisers and activists, Palestinian, Arab and Muslim elders attending the protest were disgusted and deplored by the action.”

“This is not what our movement stands for.”