British Jewish doctor says colleagues told him they’d let Israeli patient die
Baruch, who is moving with his family to Israel due to surging antisemitism in UK, also tells British TV that he has been repeatedly harassed in public for wearing a kippah By ToI Staff Today, 9:57 pm A Jewish British doctor who is immigrating to Israel has said doctors he met told him they would not treat patients who come from Israel, even if their life was in danger. Speaking to ITV News for a program on the rise in antisemitism aired Monday, the London doctor, identified only as Baruch, said: “It is very scary to me that I have met doctors who’ve said that they will not, point-blank, treat somebody who has come from certain areas of the world,” he said. “If they are dying in [the ER], I’ve been told by doctors that if they’re from Israel, then they will not treat that person. That to me is disgraceful.” Baruch also said he has been berated on the streets repeatedly as a kippah-wearing Jew, including “Free Palestine” and “You don’t belong here,” and that before moving back to London last year a man driving by in Manchester threatened to throw acid on him. Responding to the report, the UK’s Department of Health called Baruch’s comments “shocking.” Doctor Baruch and his wife Daniella speak to ITV News at their home in London's Golders Green neighborhood as they pack their things to move to Israel, during a program on antisemitism that aired on June 1, 2026. (YouTube screenshot)