But NSW Police Strike Force Pearl detectives have been unable to speak to the second nurse,Ahmad Rashad Nadir,since he was taken to Liverpool Hospital following a concern for welfare call about 9pm on February 13,the day before police raided his Bankstown home.
Police Commissioner Karen Webb said further charges would be laid over the video once Nadir,who remains in hospital,was interviewed.
Israeli social media influencer Max Veifer shared the video,captured on the live video chat platform,Chatruletka.Credit:Instagram
“That’s out of my control but when there’s a suitable time,he will be interviewed,” Webb said.
In the now-viral video Abu Lebdeh allegedly threatens Israeli patients and tells Veifer:“One day,your time will come,and you will die the most horrible death.”
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When asked what would happen if an Israeli patient came into the hospital,Abu Lebdeh allegedly says:“I won’t treat them;I will kill them.”
Abu Lebdeh,who was arrested and charged after attending Sutherland police station with her lawyer about 7.30pm on Tuesday,was granted conditional police bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on March 19.
She is banned from using social media and is required to surrender her passport as part of her bail conditions. She is also prohibited from entering any international airport.
In the video,Nadir allegedly tells Veifer:“You have no idea how many[Israelis] came to this hospital,and I sent them to Jahannam[the Islamic equivalent of the underworld].”
Nadir and Abu Lebdeh have been stood down by NSW Health pending an internal investigation but are expected to be fired from their positions at the hospital.
Both have had their registration suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW,and neither can work as a nurse anywhere in Australia.
They have also been suspended by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency,the national watchdog.
NSW Police detectives searching at the Bankstown home of Ahmad Rashad Nadir earlier in February.Credit:Wolter Peeters
Webb praised the work of Strike Force Pearl investigators in the “very complex” investigation.
“We’re dealing with not only offending in our jurisdiction,but it crosses global borders,” she said.
“I’m very pleased and proud of the work that detectives have done to get this matter … before the court in such a short period of time.”
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Last week,NSW Police said detectives had been working with the Israel-based Veifer to finalise his statement,which had to be translated from Hebrew,and to gather evidence from overseas that met Australian legal standards.
Abu Lebdeh is the 14th person arrested under Strike Force Pearl,launched in December to combat a spate of antisemitic attacks across Sydney.
Investigations into the video are ongoing,Webb said.
It comes as Craig Mitchell,44,appeared in a Sydney court on Wednesday morning,over allegations he made death threats against members of a Jewish organisation on social media.
Mitchell became the first person charged by the Australian Federal Police’s antisemitic taskforce,Special Operation Avalite,when he was arrested at a Blacktown home in January and charged with using a carriage service to threaten to kill and using a carriage service to menace,harass or offend.
Mitchell pleaded not guilty,and his lawyer told the court she would seek for the matter to be dealt with under mental health legislation. He will return to court next month.
Formed after a Melbourne synagogue was damaged in an arson attack that is now being investigated as a terror incident,Special Operation Avalite has charged one Victorian man with making death threats against an MP and another with antisemitic abuse. Investigators have issued a summons for a third for flying a prohibited flag.