President of Israel Reuven Rivlin appealed on Wednesday to Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, to allow a Jewish girl, who is in the hospital in Manchester, England, to be brought to Israel for medical treatment. The courts in England have recently ruled that doctors are permitted to switch off life-support
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9 June, 2021, 11:03 pm
Alta is seen with her brother Tzvi and father Abraham, in Manchester, Britain, in this undated picture obtained from social media. Blumenthal & Hadad PR/via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) – The father of a 2-year-old Israeli girl who has been in hospital in Britain with a serious brain injury since birth pleaded to be allowed to take his daughter to Israel, after a UK court ruled her life-sustaining care should be withdrawn.
“I want to keep my daughter, I want to have the ability to go to Israel and take my daughter with me. Under UK law, she’s an Israeli citizen, not a UK one,” Avraham Fixsler told Reuters.
President Reuven Rivlin sends desperate appeal to British royal in last ditch bid to have little girl flown to Israel instead of shutting off her life support.