Ex-nurses Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who threatened to kill Israelis in viral video, barred from NDIS work
Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27, and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, made headlines in February after a video of their online chat with Israeli influencer Max Veifer on cam chat app Chatruletka went viral.
In the footage, the then-Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital nurses are heard boasting about refusing to treat Israelis and instead killing them.
Both were stood down from their roles, and their nursing registrations were suspended.
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency confirmed the suspensions on February 13, effectively banning them from working in Australian hospitals.
They have now been hit with another ban — this time from the NDIS — prohibiting them from working with or providing services to any NDIS participants for two years, even if it's unpaid.
The ban took effect on May 9 and applies nationwide.
In the viral video, when asked what she would do if an Israeli citizen presented at the hospital where she worked, Lebdeh responded: 'I won't treat them, I'll kill them.'
Nadir claimed Israelis had come to the hospital but implied they had died, running his hand across his neck in a throat-slitting gesture.
'You have no idea how many Israeli dog(s) came to this hospital and I send them to Jahannam (hell),' he said.
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park condemned the comments, saying they were 'vile' and 'disgusting' and assured Jewish community members they would always receive first-class healthcare in NSW.
'There is no place, no place in our hospital and health system for this sort of view to ever, ever take place,' Park said.
'There is no place for this sort of perspective in our society.'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the video was 'sickening and shameful' and that antisemitism has no place in Australia or its healthcare system.
'Individuals found to have committed criminal antisemitic acts will face the full force of our laws,' he said.
Both former healthcare workers have since been charged.
Nadir faces charges of using a carriage service to menace/harass/offend and possessing a prohibited drug, while Lebdeh has been charged with threatening violence to a group, using a carriage service to threaten to kill, and using a carriage service to menace/harass/offend.
They remain on bail and are due back in court on July 29.
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