New video of the Sydney Uni staff member in shocking tirade at Jewish students

A woman filmed in a verbal tirade against a group of Jewish academics and students at the University of Sydney this week was also recorded getting up close to one of the same Jewish academics during a pro-Palestine rally.

Sydney Uni’s anti-Israel academic appears in 2023 video.

A woman filmed during a tirade against a group of Jewish academics and students at the University of Sydney this week – calling them “parasites” – was also recorded getting up close to one of the same Jewish academics during a pro-Palestine rally in November 2023.

The video was provided to the University of Sydney at the time, but it could not identify the woman. It has now been confirmed that she is a teacher and a lecturer at the university.

Provost Annamarie Jagose told The Australian on Friday the ­additional video would form part of an “incident assessment” as the university looks to “swiftly” ­respond to the “serious incident on campus” this week.

On Thursday, the woman was identified as a staff member by the university and was suspended after she was captured on camera calling members of a group – ­including a university rabbi – gathered in celebration of a Jewish holiday, “f..king filthy Zionists”.

University biology teacher Sarah Aamidor said the staff member had yelled “Free Palestine” towards the Sukkoth stall before Dr Aamidor said “this is a Jewish holiday and saying something like this is anti-Semitic”.

Dr Aamidor said there was no Israeli paraphernalia or references to the war in Gaza on the stall. “There was zero Israeli connection … this was deliberate,” Dr Aamidor said.

Footage shows the staff member, who refers to herself in the footage as an Indigenous ­Palestinian, then turned around, walked towards the group and launched a four-minute rant, ­saying Israel was “shredding ­children”.

“You should be making it stop,” the woman says. “If you tell me you are an anti-Zionist Jew, I have no problem with you. A Zionist, whether they are Jewish, whether they are Christian, whether they are Muslim … is the lowest form of rubbish.”

Police said they were “aware of the video and are making ­inquiries”.

In a separate video obtained by The Australian on Friday from November 3, 2023, the same staff member can be seen approaching Dr Aamidor and repeatedly telling her “not to violate people’s privacy” and “don’t do surveillance”.

The video was taken during a pro-Palestine protest, with a “Sydney Staff for BDS” sign visible.

In the recording, Dr Aamidor tells the staff member to “walk away from me” and that “this is a university”.

The group had been celebrating an annual Jewish holiday

when witnesses allege the woman instigated a confrontation.

The staff member asks, “Why are you surveilling people?”, “Who are you doing surveillance for?” and “Your heart is not here”. At one stage she appears to cover the camera with her hand as she says “turn the telephone off”.

Dr Aamidor calls for security and says “you can walk away” before the footage stops, and Dr Aamidor leaves. Dr Aamidor said she wasn’t wearing anything to identify her as being Jewish or ­Israeli and was concerned someone pointed her out.

“It was the first time I ­encountered something like that. I was really shaken up,” Dr Aam­idor said.

The Australian understands a complaint was made to the university about the incident in November 2023 and the video was provided, but neither the complainants nor the university were able to identify the woman, and the matter could not be taken further.

On Thursday, Dr Aamidor was accosted by the same Palestinian staff member.

Professor Jagose told The Australian the university was aware of the additional footage.

“We confirm that swift action has been taken in response to a ­serious incident on campus reported in media,” she said.

“The staff member involved was immediately suspended and is not presently working on campus or performing any professional duties, including teaching or ­lecturing.

“A formal process to respond to the incident is now well under way. This includes further assessment of the incident and consideration of relevant information.

“We’re now aware of other video material related to the staff member, and this will form part of our incident assessment.”

Professor Jagose added that “hate speech, anti-Semitism and harassment have no place at our university”.

“Where our codes are ­breached, we will not hesitate to take disciplinary action,” she said.

“We sincerely apologise to any staff, students or visitors who are distressed by this ­incident.”

Head of legal at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Simone Abel, said: “We commend the university administration for notifying us of the incident promptly.

“We responded immediately by supplying the university with all the information available to us and asking the university to take the appropriate action.”