One Charge Dropped for Nurse Who Threatened to Harm Israelis

Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital where two NSW public hospital nurses allegedly made anti-Semitic comments and boasted they would kill Israeli patients in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 13, 2025. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

A nurse sacked over her alleged inflammatory rhetoric is no longer accused of threatening to kill Israeli patients after prosecutors dropped a charge.

Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 27, and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 28, sparked national condemnation when they were recorded saying they would refuse to treat Israelis and appeared to threaten violence towards them.