<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jewish primary school students have been the target of anti-Semitic abuse by a group of high schoolers while on a museum excursion in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Mount Scopus Memorial College students were on an excursion to Melbourne Museum yesterday when they crossed paths with Year 10 students from another Melbourne high school.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands a group of students chanted 'Free Free Palestine' towards children in the Mount Scopus group, before unleashing a series of anti-Semitic slurs.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/thailand-cambodia-border-australian-tourists-issued-warning-after-conflict-breaks-out/0db3fd95-9b28-49ae-8293-914c9b6e060d" target="_blank"><strong><span>Australian tourists issued warning after conflict breaks out on Thailand-Cambodia border</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outraged parents have expressed their anger at the situation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My granddaughter is in Grade 5, she's 10 years old. She is totally traumatised by this," grandparent Michael told 3AW Mornings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She has no understanding why she was told she was a baby killer and why she was a dirty Jew."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/teenagers-hurl-antisemitic-slurs-at-primary-school-students-during-excursion-melbourne/d905fcb0-0c6f-403c-be70-f776f2802f4b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a statement, Mount Scopus said it was "deeply concerned and disappointed" by the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"During an excursion designed to promote learning, respect, and shared cultural understanding, primary school students from Mount Scopus recounted anti-Semitic and political phrases chanted at them in a shared learning space, on the basis of their visible Jewish identity," Mount Scopus Memorial College Principal, Dan Sztrajt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No child should ever be made to feel unsafe or targeted because of their identity or background."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sztrajt has been in contact with the principal of the other school involved, who expressed concern over the incident, Mount Scopus said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/thailand-cambodia-border-australian-tourists-issued-warning-after-conflict-breaks-out/0db3fd95-9b28-49ae-8293-914c9b6e060d" target="_blank"><strong><span>Australian tourists issued warning after conflict breaks out on Thailand-Cambodia border</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As educators, I believe we share a commitment to challenging prejudice and fostering understanding through education," Sztrajt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To that end, Mount Scopus Memorial College has offered to work together with the other school to ensure that an appropriate educational response to this incident is made available."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Deputy premier and education minister Ben Carroll denounced the attacks in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> "I've spoken with the Principal of Mount Scopus College today and conveyed my disgust at the anti-Semitic attacks on their students yesterday," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I have offered every support possible to help them through this incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is unacceptable that students or staff feel unsafe in the community where they learn, work and play. Hate has no place in Victoria. Our strength is our diversity."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Museums Victoria said it had contacted the parties involved, who are handling the matter privately.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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