00:00They're on the front line of the public health system, in one of the most trusted professions.
00:08It's a trust that's been breached by two of their own, and nurses are devastated.
00:13And the members were saying overnight, they have copped abuse from the public.
00:18They have felt the anger from the public.
00:21Please, public, this is not us.
00:24This is not who we are as a profession.
00:26In the video, nurses Ahmed Rashad-Nader and Sarah Abu-Labdeh discuss their treatment of
00:32Israeli patients.
00:33I won't treat them.
00:34I'll kill them.
00:35They're anti-Semitism.
00:36They're there for all to see, without any shame.
00:42Today the New South Wales Health Minister visited Bankstown Hospital to meet their colleagues.
00:47Nurses were visibly upset.
00:48I spoke to one staff member who'd been there for around 20 years.
00:53She broke down.
00:54She said to me that she hasn't been able to stop thinking about it.
00:57It's fair to say that the staff at this time are ashamed, apologetic and emotional about
01:04what's transpired.
01:07The government says so far no harm to patients has been uncovered.
01:11It's now in the hands of the Healthcare Complaints Commission.
01:14You have no idea how many Israeli dog came to this hospital.
01:19The Israeli influencer who posted the video says when he heard the nurses' views, he sat
01:24out on a mission to expose them.
01:26It took just hours to find them and they're now at the centre of a police investigation.
01:31How is Sarah doing?
01:32She's very emotional, very distressed at the moment.
01:36Police have made contact with Max Ziffer in Israel, who's agreed to provide them with
01:40a full statement and an unedited version of the video.
01:43Police say it's critical investigators can see that exchange from beginning to end.
01:48The nurses' colleagues have already heard enough.
01:51I'm very sad that someone would so blatantly show their prejudice.
01:57They say patients are safe, whoever they are or wherever they're from.
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