<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A nurse sacked over her alleged inflammatory rhetoric is no longer accused of threatening to kill Israeli patients after prosecutors dropped a charge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 27, and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 28, sparked national condemnation when they were </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-nurses-accused-alleged-antisemitic-threats-to-face-court/77ad3934-6c8e-4633-99fa-ae0e34d70e8d" rel="" target="" title="recorded"><span>recorded</span></a><span> saying they would refuse to treat Israelis and appearing to threaten violence towards them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair were working a night shift at southwest </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>'s Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital at the time of the alleged threats, made through an online video chat platform in February.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-usa-united-states-venezuela-strike-drug-boat/96063d6a-987e-4185-b100-21b2f3f86230" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump says the US military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Charges were laid after footage was shared online by another party to the Chatruletka meet-up, Israeli influencer Max Veifer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Abu Lebdeh 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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the allegation that she threatened to kill Israeli patients was withdrawn by prosecutors today in Downing Centre Local Court.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/shocking-charge-for-nurse-in-antiisrael-video-dropped/c02a7f8a-620c-4047-9873-2b20467134ed" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Abu Lebdeh is yet to enter pleas to the remaining two charges, which will proceed with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She is on bail under strict conditions, barring her from using social media or leaving the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her former colleague Nadir was hospitalised after the video emerged before being charged in March with using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence and possession of a prohibited drug.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-police-employee-investigated-over-social-media-posts-allegedly-celebrating-charlie-kirk-assassination/0c78f4db-f21b-4eab-9291-bf051bd45a29"><strong><span>SA Police probe employee's posts allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk assassination</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He pleaded not guilty to possessing morphine, which he will fight at a hearing at Bankstown Local Court in October.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nadir is yet to enter pleas to the former charge, which will proceed with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nadir previously apologised through his lawyer, Zemarai Khatiz, for the comments he made in the video.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside court, Zhatiz said he would not be negotiating with the Commonwealth DPP and the matter would take "a long time" to resolve.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both nurses remain on bail and were excused from attending court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They have been prohibited from working as nurses nationwide by Australia's health practitioner watchdog, and their registrations have been suspended in NSW.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Their comments attracted widespread criticism - including from the prime minister and NSW premier - amid community concerns at the time about antisemitic acts in Sydney and Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Many of the highest-profile incidents in Sydney have since been revealed to have been concocted by criminal networks with no clear ideological motivations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, 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