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WA senator Fatima Payman has called out a "double standard" in the backlash against two NSW nurses from Bankstown Hospital who made alleged anti-Israeli comments and said they would kill Israeli patients.

The two nurses — Ahmed Rashid Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh — were stood down after a video shared on social media appeared to show them saying they would refuse to treat Israeli patients, and would "kill them" if they came under their care.

While Payman condemned the nurses’ comments, she asked: "What exactly are we trying to achieve, justice or just public humiliation?"

In a video posted to her Instagram, she said the "blanket condemnation seems to only go one way".

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Payman calls out 'double standard' in backlash against NSW nurses

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