Sydney nurses Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh stood down over vile video

An Israeli social media influencer has agreed to give NSW Police the full and unedited version of a sickening video where he exposed the anti-Semitic tirade of two Sydney nurses.

An Israeli social media influencer has agreed to give NSW Police the full and unedited version of a sickening video where he exposed the anti-Semitic tirade of two Sydney nurses.

Max Veifer spoke with detectives from Strike Force Pearl around 11pm on Wednesday night and confirmed he would hand over the full interview he conducted a day earlier with Bankstown Hospital nurses Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh.

The content creator has also agreed to give police a full statement about the shocking interview.

The video chat between the nurses and Mr Veifer was on a website called Chatruletka, which allows people around the world to connect with each other to chat.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said that unedited video is a critical piece of evidence, and detectives needed to view it in order to determine what charges could be laid.

A screenshot from the video.

“Strike Force Pearl detectives have been able to reach the influencer over in Israel, and he’s agreed to be interviewed, provide a statement and supply the primary evidence, which is the video. That will be the basis of our investigation,” said Ms Webb.

The Daily Telegraph understands neither nurse had given a statement to police, but both have engaged lawyers.

Detectives are believed to be in negotiation with the nurses’ lawyers to have them attend a police station for formal questioning.

The sickening anti-Semitic rant – which spread rapidly online on Wednesday — was filmed inside a hospital staff room on Tuesday night while the two nurses were working an overnight shift.

The pair, who were both wearing NSW Health-branded scrubs, filmed themselves speaking to Israeli content creator Max Veifer, who then uploaded the video online to expose them.

“You have no idea how many (Israelis) came to this hospital and I sent them to Jehannam (hell),’ Mr Nadir said in the footage, as well as making a throat-slitting gesture.

When asked what she would do if an Israeli patient presented in her ward, Ms Abu Lebdeh responds: “I won’t treat them, I will kill them”.

NSW Health nurse Rashad Nadir.

NSW Health nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh.

She looks to the camera and tells Mr Veifer: “It’s Palestine’s country, not your country, you piece of shit”.

She then threatens: “When your time comes, I want you to remember my face … you will die the most disgusting death”.

Ms Abu Lebdeh also says she “hopes to God’’ something happens to Israeli patients being cared for at her hospital.

Police from Strike Force Pearl, set up last year to investigate anti-Semitic crimes across Sydney, were last night waiting for the full video, which is crucial to the investigation and will determine what charges can be laid.

Officers have asked Mr Veifer to hand over the unedited full length vision.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the “sickening” video, while NSW Health Minister Ryan Park declared the duo, who were immediately suspended from their roles, will never work in the public health care system again.

Holed up in his Bankstown home yesterday, a sheepish Mr Nadir told The Daily Telegraph his actions were “just a joke” and claimed that he planned to apologise to the Jewish community.

“The entirety of what happened is just a joke, OK? It was a misunderstanding,’ Mr Nadir said.

The video comes after Premier Chris Minns vowed to toughen hate speech laws to make inciting racial hatred a crime.

“It’s not a joke. These positions in public health are positions of trust, and you represent something more than yourself when you are public servant,” he said on Thursday morning.

“There can just can be zero tolerance.”

“I don’t know what the excuse is, I don’t know what excuse he’ll present either to his employer or the courts, but there can be no tolerance here, because if there is, it will undermine confidence in the public health system.”

Mr Nadir was born in Afghanistan and became an Australian citizen four years ago, after emigrating here when he was 12 years old.

It is understood any potential review of his citizenship would only be possible if a raft of conditions were met.

Those conditions include being sentenced to three years or more in jail for crimes so serious it demonstrates a person has rejected their allegiance to Australia.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb assured the public and the Jewish community that police were treating the high level investigation with utmost importance, adding: “This is a sad day for our country, it is unthinkable that we are confronted with and forced to investigate such an appalling incident.’’

Nadir (above) was speaking to a Jewish influencer (below) when he made the comments about not treating Israeli people.

Nadir makes a throat-slitting gesture in the video.

Ms Abu Lebdeh’s relatives defended her actions and said she had been overwhelmed by her comments being exposed.

“She’s having a panic attack inside, we are going to have to call an ambulance I think,” her uncle said.

A short time later, she was ushered into a waiting car driven by a relative.

Later in a statement, Ms Abu Lebdeh’s lawyer Rayan Kadadi told The Daily Telegraph it was “not an appropriate time for her client to comment”.

Mr Albanese told parliament he had talked to Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw, who had offered whatever assistance was required to NSW Police.

“It is very clear to me that these people have committed what are crimes and they should face the full force of the law,” the PM said.

Mr Minns said he had spoken to Israel’s ambassador to Australia about the video and assured him the pair in the video will not be returning to work for NSW Health.

“We are taking this incredibly seriously and we will ensure that these individuals do not return to public health in NSW,” Mr Minns told parliament.

Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin said the video “eloquently illustrated the evil of anti-Semitism”.

“The video that we saw was absolutely chilling and horrific,” he said.

“This is a warning sign once again to all Australians about the evil that exists.”

He further added that this was another example of Jewish people feeling unsafe in hospitals.

Meanwhile, the escalation of severe anti-semitism across NSW, including across university campuses, will be the subject of a new bipartisan state parliamentary probe.

The new inquiry will scrutinise the root causes of antisemitism and measures to improve security.

Originally published as Sydney nurses Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh stood down over vile video