The two Sydney nurses stopped after blocking footage of the pair saying they would refuse to “kill” treatment of Israeli patients.
We understand that the clip, which showed two workers at Bankstown Hospital wearing New South Wales health uniforms, was filmed livestreamed on Tuesday night.
The video shows the pair talking to a popular Jewish influencer in Israel.
In the conversation, the man who claims to be a doctor told the influencer: You will be killed. ”
“Why do you think I’m going to be killed?” the influencer asks before the female nurse intervenes.
“It’s a Palestinian country, not your country, you’re part of s-t,” she says.
“One day, your time will come and you will die the most,” she continues before the video is cropped.
“Learn me when your time comes, I want you to remember my face so that you can understand that you will die the most disgusting death.”
I want to ask a question, so the influencer begins saying:
“I won’t treat them, I’ll kill them,” she interrupted. “God is not forbidden. I hope to him.”
“How many Israelis are… have the dogs come to this hospital…” the man adds, gestures a knife around his neck.
“I literally sent them to Jahannam.”
Jahannam is the Arabic word for “hell.”
NSW police confirmed they were investigating the video and announced that they had announced Strike Force Pal to investigate anti-Semitic attacks had carried out the investigation.
“NSW Health has identified the people involved and believes they are currently supporting detectives in the investigation,” a NSW police spokesman said in a statement.
“A thorough investigation is underway.”
There is no charge.
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park condemned the “terrifying” video.
“Comments are mean, dehumanized and unacceptable,” he said.
“They made me sick in my stomach.”
“If the investigation concludes that this behavior has occurred, these individuals are no longer working for NSW health,” Park continued.
“These comments do not reflect the health of NSW or the values of the broader NSW community.”
“We cannot afford to put such people in our health system. We are our healthcare workers without anyone introducing us to our lives and without such hatred attitudes. “There is a right to access NSW health and hospital services without coming through some of them,” he added in a 2GB interview.
“Snacky”: PM responds
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese labeled the footage as “disgusting and shameful.”
“I hate anti-Semitism videos today. The comments are mean,” he said in an X’s statement.
“These anti-Semitic comments, driven by hatred, have no place in our health system and nowhere in Australia.
“These individuals are stopped by the NSW authorities. They are correctly referred to the NSW police for criminal investigations.”
Albanese concluded by stating that those who committed criminal anti-Semitism “face the full power of our laws.”
In a joint statement, federal health minister Mark Butler and home minister Tony Burke said the government is “completely condemning the appalling video.”
“This video is as calm as the sleazy. The comments made on this video are offensive and completely unacceptable,” they said.
Butler and Burke said they welcomed the news that officials stopped.
“Health workers have a strict obligation to treat and heal everyone who comes before they need help. The majority hold that vow,” they said. .
“The idea that you pick a particular group in our community and show that you don’t care that they are against all the principles of our health care system.”
“A bastard act”
Addressing a reporter Wednesday morning, Park said the people surveyed were “never working again for NSW’s health.”
“In our society there is no place for this kind of perspective.”
Park apologized to the Jewish community.
“I can assure you this, the care you get in our hospital will continue to be top notch. We will investigate this uphill and Downdale. We are speaking out this incident We don’t consider it, but we have also experienced previous cases to ensure that hospitals work in a way that reflects their safety and care values.”
Speaking to a healthcare employee, he said: Do it every day. ”
“The tip of the iceberg”
The co-director of the executive council of Australia’s Jewishman Alex Leivchin said the video was “too bad.”
“Their unrepentant, happy hatred is the forerunner of the violence we are experiencing in our country, and it must be engraved,” he said in X.
“We will definitely see the defense that Jews have brought about this hatred through the Israeli war in Gaza.
“These people are simply hurt by the image of war. They have it in the back. It is this hatred and Jewish non-human that will cause the war and genocide on October 7th. If it is an inflation and is not checked, it will further degrade our society. Time of the outcome.”
Speaking to Sky News, Libchin warned that the incident was “the tip of the iceberg.”
“This is a warning sign for all Australians about the evil that exists in our midst of us, the need to understand and stand up to this ideology, and the harm it does to all Australians,” he said. said.
Ryvchin said he’s heard for months from practitioners warning about extreme content posted online by other nurses and doctors.
“This is clearly the first time we’ve gone to such a massive, brave level. But if we think they’re isolated individuals, we’re teasing ourselves. This is merely I think it’s just the tip of the iceberg.”
The medical community responds
Dr. Michael Krasowitzky, a Jewish man and working as a medical oncologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, said it was “terrifying” to hear the comments of fellow healthcare workers.
“I love my job and feel very connected to working in the health of NSW. My two unjust colleagues hate Israel deeply, and Jews simply say that it’s scary. I’ve heard of it,” Krasovitsky said.
“Regardless of our ethnicity, political beliefs, sexuality, gender, or other crucial characteristics, we all deserve respect and all compassionate best practice healthcare.
“The next time I hold my head high when I provide the best possible care to someone whose beliefs are not in line with my beliefs.”
The Australian Medical Association (NSW) has condemned the “anti-Semitism commentary” within the health system.
“On behalf of NSW doctors, I want to be very clear that doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals are committed to providing the best possible care to all NSW patients. I’m thinking about it,” he said in a statement.
“The Geneva Declaration covers the patient’s age, illness or disability, belief, ethnicity, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, social status, or other factors that involve physicians intervening between their patients and their age and illness. It would not allow consideration.
There is no place for hatred or division in the health system. This behavior is not tolerated. Our hospitals must remain safe shelter for all patients. ”
