Two Australian medical workers caught on a video that threatened Israeli patients have embarked on a mess in a country where there has been a number of anti -Semitic attacks in recent weeks.
“I will not treat them,” one of the workers, wearing medical exfoliants and hijab, is heard in the video. “I’ll kill them.”
Talking about Israeli patients who came to a hospital near Sydney, associates, also dressed in scrubs, can be seen maliciously with a finger over the door.
Workers seemed to speak from a medical facility. Neither were publicly identified by officials.
Australian officials quickly denied the comments recorded in the video, which became viral after the creator of Pro-outlets posted it online.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday called threats “sick and shameful.” He said two workers were identified as employees of Bankstown Hospital, suspended. He also said in a statement that they had been referred to the police for a criminal investigation.
That the Prime Minister in the country thought it was necessary to comment on the video talks about the high -level concern that launched a recent explosion in anti -Semitic speech and attack. Australia is affected by an anti -Semite rash attacks In recent weeks, including incidents in which the synagogue was lined with red swastika, and the daily institution was set on fire.
There were no reports of the main victims, but violence represents a dramatic escalation The tensions they echo From the Gaza war, which also encouraged Islamophobic episodes in Australia.
In November, the Executive Council of the Australian Judaism, an umbrella organization that has been monitoring and documents from 1990, has reported reports on anti -Semitism, reported an increase in the number of incidents from October 2023 of 316 percent – when the Gaza war began – by September 2024, compared to from the previous twelve months.
The video of two hospital workers, examined by the New York Times, recorded Max Veifer and transferred it to his social networks accounts, where other posts consist of video people discussing their views on Israel.
The video of the two workers was decorated and used emoji to throw out words.
Although one of the workers appears in a video suggesting that he may have harmed patients, health officials said that the test of the hospital’s record has become suspicious so far.
“We have already taken steps to review the safety of the hospital in question in this issue and have not identified anything that indicates that the hospital is insecure,” said the health secretary of the new southern Wales, Susan Pearce, Sam video.
Ryan Park, State Health Minister, invited The “act of bastard” worker comments and said “these people, subject to that investigation, will never work for the health of New South Wales again.”
Mr. Park and Mrs. Pearce offered apologies.
“I want to convince the Jewish community today to have my greatest sadness,” said Mr. Park, “but more importantly, my greatest energy, dedication and time, together with the secretary, to convince them that our hospitals will continue to provide them with high quality, safe care every time and whenever they represent. “
