Operation Abraham
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| Inon Schenker |
Operation Abraham is an organization whose sole purpose is to promote circumcision any which way it can.[1] Headed by Inon Schenker,[2] Operation Abraham is a product of the Jerusalem AIDS Project (JAIP).[3] The JAIP has a website called IsraAID (The Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid). On the news page, they list 27 Top Stories about how Israel is going to help stop AIDS. Almost all 27 stories are (in one way or another) about circumcision.[4]
Operation Abraham is based on the alleged Abrahamic covenant.
Population-based studies
September 2021 saw the publication of two huge population studies on the relationship of circumcision and HIV infection:
- Mayan et al. (2021) carried out a massive empirical study of the male population of the province of Ontario, Canada (569,950 males), of whom 203,588 (35.7%) were circumcised between 1991 and 2017. The study concluded that circumcision status is not related to risk of HIV infection.[7]
- Morten Frisch & Jacob Simonsen (2021) carried out a large scale empirical population study in Denmark of 855,654 males regarding the alleged value of male circumcision in preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in men. They found that circumcised men have a higher rate of STI and HIV infection overall than intact men.[8]
No association between lack of circumcision and risk of HIV infection was found by either study. There now is credible evidence that the massive, expensive African circumcision programs have not been effective in preventing HIV infection.
Two African surveys
The previously reported studies were from developed Western nations. Now we have information from Sub_Saharan Africa.
French scientist Michel Garenne, Ph.D. has published two reports in 2022 comparing the incidence of HIV infection in circumcised and intact men.
In his first report, Garenne presented the findings from a study in Lesotho, the enclave in South Africa. He reported:
In couple studies, the effect of circumcision and VMMC on HIV was not significant, with similar transmission from female to male and male to female. The study questions the amount of effort and money spent on VMMC in Lesotho.[9]
In his second report, Garenne (2022) presented information from six Sub-Saharan African nations (Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe). He reported:
"Results matched earlier observations made in South Africa that circumcised and intact men had similar levels of HIV infection."[10]
References
- ↑
Beckerman, Gal (2011)."Operation Abraham Coming to America?", Forward Association, Inc.: The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 26 February 2011. Archive File:Operation Abraham Coming to America.pdf
- ↑
Beckerman G. Operation Abraham Coming to America?. The Jewish Daily Forward. 9 September 2009; Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑
(2011). Operation Abraham
, JAIP. Retrieved 26 February 2011. Archive File:Op Abraham.pdf - ↑ (2008).
Jerusalem AIDS Project
, IsraAid. Retrieved 7 March 2011. - ↑
Operation Abraham
, JAIP. Retrieved 24 April 2011. - ↑
Whois Record For AidsNews.org.il
, DomainTools. Retrieved 24 April 2011. - ↑ Mayan M, Hamilton RJ, Juurlink DN, Austin PC, Jarvi KA. Circumcision and Risk of HIV Among Males From Ontario, Canada. J Urol. 23 September 2021; PMID. DOI. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
Quote:We found that circumcision was not independently associated with the risk of acquiring HIV among men from Ontario, Canada.
- ↑ Frisch M, Simonsen J. Non-therapeutic male circumcision in infancy or childhood and risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections: national cohort study in Denmark. Eur J Epidemiol. 26 September 2021; 37: 251–9. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ↑ Garenne M. Changing relationships between HIV prevalence and circumcision in Lesotho. J Biosoc Sci. 4 April 2022; online ahead of print: 1-16. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ↑ Garenne M. Age-incidence and prevalence of HIV among intact and circumcised men: an analysis of PHIA surveys in Southern Africa. J Biosoc Sci. 26 October 2022; : 1-13. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
