The organiser of a pro-Palestine protest group has provided a controversial reason for plans to disrupt the Myer Christmas Windows, as they ignored pleas from Victoria Police to respect the holiday tradition.

Myer’s annual Christmas window unveiling event has been scrapped over safety concerns due to a planned pro-Palestine protest, calling for the end of the ongoing war.

A decades old tradition will be scrapped as pro-Palestine activists threaten to disrupt the opening of the iconic Myer Christmas Windows, ignoring pleas from police to respect the holiday ritual.

Myer has been forced to cancel the annual unveiling of its Christmas window display in Melbourne's Bourke Street mall.

The official unveiling of Myer's Christmas windows on Bourke Street this Sunday will not go ahead after a protest was organised to disrupt the event.

Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan has fired a social media broadside at a planned protest which prompted Myer to cancel its traditional Christmas window opening reveal in Melbourne on Sunday. Pro-Palestinian and anti-war activists on social media urged people to join them at a protest to "interrupt" the display reveal.

The famous annual Myer Christmas window reveal planned for Sunday at its Melbourne CBD in Bourke Street has been cancelled due to safety concerns

Myer’s annual Christmas window unveiling has been scrapped after pro-Palestine protesters planned to disrupt the event, saying “there is no joy in genocide”.The unveiling of the annual Bourke Street display in the CBD was expected to happen on Sunday in front of children and families.