{"id":119507,"date":"2025-02-27T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119507"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:02:41","slug":"27-00-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119507","title":{"rendered":"Australian Nurse Charged for Threatening Israeli Patients as Spy Chief Flags Antisemitism as Top Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Australian Nurse Charged for Threatening Israeli Patients as Spy Chief Flags Antisemitism as Top Concern<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ailin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Members of the Jewish community and supporters gather for a protest rally against rising antisemitism at Martin Place in Sydney, Jan. 21, 2025. Photo: AAP Image\/Steven Saphore via Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

An Australian nurse working at a hospital in Sydney has been charged with making threats after saying in comments caught on video that she would refuse to treat Israeli patients and instead kill them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The latest legal step comes amid law enforcement\u2019s scramble to combat\u00a0a\u00a0wave of antisemitic incidents<\/a>\u00a0in recent months that Australia\u2019s spy chief has called his agency\u2019s top priority.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, 26-year-old Sarah Abu Lebdeh was arrested and charged with federal offenses, including threatening violence against a group and using a carriage service to threaten, menace, and harass, New South Wales (NSW) Police said in a statement. If convicted, she faces up to 22 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrest follows an incident at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in Sydney, in which Abu Lebdeh and her fellow nurse, Ahmed Rashid Nadir, were seen in an online video posing as doctors and making inflammatory statements during a night-shift discussion with Israeli influencer Max Veifer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The footage, which circulated widely, showed Lebdeh stating she would\u00a0refuse to treat an Israeli patient<\/a>\u00a0and instead kill them, while Nadir used a throat-slitting gesture and claimed to have already killed many.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Palestine\u2019s country, not your country, you piece of s\u2014t,\u201d Lebdeh told Veifer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne day your time will come, and you will die the most disgusting death,\u201d she added in a sentence riddled with obscenities.<\/span><\/p>\n

After reviewing patient records, the hospital found no evidence that Lebdeh or Nadir had harmed patients.<\/span><\/p>\n

NSW\u2019s Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed that both nurses had been suspended and would be permanently barred from employment within the state\u2019s health system.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the NSW Police statement, Lebdeh was released on bail and is set to appear in court on March 19. At this time, Nadir has not been charged.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident is the latest in a\u00a0surge of antisemitic acts across Australia<\/a>\u00a0since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in October 2023, with Jewish institutions targeted in arson attacks and businesses defaced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Law enforcement in Sydney and Melbourne, home to the majority of Australia\u2019s Jewish population, is actively investigating hate crimes, including the recent discovery of a trailer containing explosives and a\u00a0list of potential Jewish targets<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, Mike Burgess, the director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), the country\u2019s domestic intelligence agency, said that antisemitism is now the agency\u2019s top priority.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of threats to life, [antisemitism is] my agency\u2019s number one priority because of the weight of incidents we\u2019re seeing play out in this country,\u201d Burgess told the Senate. \u201cAntisemitism and significant antisemitism acts are prominent in our investigation caseload at this point in time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a recent 2025 threat assessment declassified by ASIO,\u00a0Burgess warned that the surge<\/a>\u00a0in antisemitic attacks across Australia could escalate, as extremists are increasingly self-radicalizing and \u201cchoose their own adventure\u201d toward potential terrorist activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThreats transitioned from harassment and intimidation to specific targeting of Jewish communities, places of worship, and prominent figures,\u201d he said. \u201cI am concerned these attacks have not yet plateaued.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of and massacre across southern Israel, several\u00a0Jewish sites in Australia have been<\/a>\u00a0relentlessly targeted with vandalism and even arson.<\/span><\/p>\n

A recent report from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) found that antisemitism in Australia quadrupled to record levels following the outbreak of the Gaza war, with Australian Jews experiencing more than 2,000 antisemitic incidents between October 2023 and September 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burgess also described how narratives originally centered on \u201cfreeing Palestine\u201d have expanded to include incitements to \u201ckill the Jews.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

During the Senate hearing, Burgess praised the \u201cstrong law enforcement responses,\u201d stating that the police \u201chave done exceptionally well.\u201d However, he also addressed criticism over delays in arrests and responses to antisemitic incidents, saying investigations take time and are necessary to fully grasp the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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