- Two nurses were banned from practicing earlier this year
- Pair have since been banned by NDIS
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The two nurses at the centre of a viral video where they allegedly made violent threats against Israelis have copped further sanctions.
Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh have both received a two-year ban from the National Disability Insurance Scheme, four months after they were stood down from their jobs at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney‘s south-west.
The pair were among 133 individuals and businesses banned from working with NDIS participants in the first five months of 2025 for various reasons, the Daily Telegraph reported.
They were previously banned from working as nurses nationwide after the NSW Nursing and Midwifery Council suspended their registrations.
Nadir’s lawyer told the publication his client wouldn’t be commenting on the NDIS ban.
Others sanctioned include disability carer who was banned after OnlyFans videos of her and her client were found on his phone and a former Lions president and his wife behind a NDIS company that was permanently banned by the watchdog.
Nadir and Lebdeh were working at Bankstown Hospital in February when they made the alleged threats in a conversation via online platform Chatruletka.
Footage posted online by Israeli social media personality Max Veifer showed them them claiming they would refuse to treat Israelis and kill them instead.
Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh both received two-year bans from the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Sarah Abu Lebdeh (pictured being shielded by supporters at a recent court appearance) was charged with threatening violence to a group, using a carriage service to threaten to kill, and using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend
Their alleged comments drew widespread condemnation, including from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns, who vowed the pair would never work for the state’s health service again.
Nadir, 27, was charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, and possessing a prohibited drug.
He previously apologised through his lawyer for the comments he made in the video.
His lawyer told reporters that he will challenge the charges against Nadir on the grounds of the video being taken without his consent.
Lebdeh, 26, is charged with three Commonwealth offences — threatening violence to a group, using a carriage service to threaten to kill, and using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.
The pair are currently before the courts.
Nadir, 27, is charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, and possessing a prohibited drug.
