{"id":119640,"date":"2025-03-06T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119640"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:00:25","slug":"06-00-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119640","title":{"rendered":"Second Australian Nurse Charged Over Viral Video Threatening to Kill Israeli Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Second Australian Nurse Charged Over Viral Video Threatening to Kill Israeli Patients<\/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
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An Australian nurse working in a Sydney hospital has been arrested and charged after a viral video captured him making threats, stating he would refuse to treat Israeli patients and instead kill them.<\/span><\/p>\n

This latest legal step comes as law enforcement works to combat a\u00a0surge in antisemitic incidents<\/a>\u00a0across Australia, which the country\u2019s spy chief has called his agency\u2019s top priority.<\/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 relentlessly targeted<\/a>\u00a0with vandalism and even arson, especially in the past few months. In response, a New South Wales (NSW) police task force, Strike Force Pearl, was established to address the wave of hate crimes and rising antisemitism.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, 27-year-old Ahmed Rashid Nadir was arrested and charged with federal offenses, including using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offense, as well as possession of a prohibited drug, NSW Police said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrest follows an incident at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in Sydney, in which Nadir and his fellow nurse, Sarah Abu Lebdeh, were seen in an\u00a0online video posing as doctors and making inflammatory statements<\/a>\u00a0during a night-shift discussion with Israeli influencer Max Veifer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The footage, which circulated widely, showed Lebdeh stating she would refuse to treat an Israeli patient and 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

Last week, 26-year-old\u00a0Lebdeh was arrested and charged<\/a>\u00a0with similar federal offenses, including threatening violence against a group and using a carriage service to threaten, menace, and harass, with a conviction potentially leading to up to 22 years in prison.<\/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, both Lebdeh and Nadir were released on bail and are set to appear in court on March 19. Lebdeh has been prohibited from leaving Australia and using social media while her case proceeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident is one of the latest in a\u00a0surge of antisemitic acts<\/a>\u00a0across Australia since 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

Since the formation of Strike Force Pearl, the task force to combat antisemitism, in December, NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb reported that 15 people have been arrested, and 78 charges have been filed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI must commend the work Strike Force Pearl detectives are doing to investigate, charge, and put these individuals before the courts,\u201d Webb said in a statement. \u201cThere is a tremendous amount of dedication and hard work going into all these investigations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, dozens of\u00a0Australia\u2019s leading Muslim groups and individuals defended<\/a>\u00a0the two nurses, accusing their critics of \u201chypocrisy\u201d and \u201cdouble standards and moral manipulation\u201d in an open letter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis statement is not about defending inappropriate remarks. It is about pushing back against the double standards and moral manipulation at play while the mass killing of our brothers and sisters in Gaza is met with silence, dismissal, or complicity,\u201d the letter said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to the ongoing spike in antisemitism,\u00a0Australia passed a new slate of hate crime laws<\/a>\u00a0last month which would, among other measures, imprison those who make terror threats or perform Nazi salutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a Senate committee hearing last week, 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

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