Sydney Nurses Suspended After Video of Antisemitic Comments Surfaces

Two Bankstown Hospital nurses are under investigation after a video allegedly showing them making threats against Israeli patients was published online.

• Israeli influencer Max Veifer released the unedited video of two Sydney nurses allegedly making antisemitic threats during a live chat on February 10.
• The nurses, Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, have been suspended by the NSW Nursing and Midwifery Board, and their registrations have been revoked by AHPRA.
• NSW Police are investigating the incident and have requested the unedited video, which Veifer says he has not yet been instructed where to send.
• Initial inquiries and hospital CCTV show no evidence of mistreatment of Jewish patients at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital.
• One of the nurses, Nadir, was hospitalized for a welfare concern and has expressed regret for his actions through his lawyer.

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