The protest is planned for this Sunday, with authorities wanting to avoid the scenes from 2023, when flags were burned on the Opera House forecourt.

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) will put to the state’s Supreme Court its arguments for the route of the planned protest to be changed.

The CEO of JBD, Michele Goldman, noted this decision arises amid growing antisemitism in NSW, occurring after last week’s fatal terror incident aimed at Jews in a Manchester synagogue in northern England.

“In light of deadly assaults abroad and a troubling increase in antisemitic events locally, we are requesting the court to strike a balance between the right to assemble and the right to be free from harassment and hatred,” she stated.

“For more than two years, weekly anti-Israel rallies have turned our CBD into a no-go zone for Jewish people.”

Pro-Palestinian groups said they will oppose legal action by NSW Police to change the location of the demonstration, citing public safety concerns.

The Palestine Action Group dismissed police concerns over public safety.

“The extraordinary measures proposed by the police are racist, Islamophobic, and a calculated effort to silence our movement against genocide,” the statement reads.

“International human rights law guarantees the right to protest, the right to free expression, and the right to political assembly.”

Meanwhile, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen has condemned today’s planned march through central Melbourne by pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

The Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on October 7, 2023 when Hamas fighters murdered 1200 people and took another 250 hostage.

The move triggered Israel’s invasion of Gaza, which a United Nations inquiry has labelled genocide.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today should not be a day of protest and any demonstrations would be “deeply disrespectful”.