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The With Germany paralyzed by its collective guilt, the Israeli Knesset , without resistance by Germany, chose to inject itself into German internal affairs and demanded that Germany pass a law to protect [[Brit Milah|circumcisionMilahcircumcision]],<ref>{{REFnews
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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a psychological phenomenon, first identified by [[Carl Gustav Jung]] (1945), in which the German people feel a collective guilt (''Kollektivschuld'') for the atrocities committed by their fellow countrymen.<ref name="jung1945">{{REFjournal
|last=Jung
|init=CG
|author-link=Carl Gustav Jung
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|title=Nach der Katastrophe
When Germany's Basic Law (''Grundgesetz'') was drafted in 1949, the collective guilt appeared to be at work in the authors since the Basic Law was given a very strong human rights suite to offer protection against another Holocaust.
Germany has long given military aid to [[Israel ]] in expiation of its felt collective guilt.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://jacobin.com/2020/11/postwar-west-germany-support-israel-whitewashing
|title=How Postwar West Germany Used Support for Israel to Whitewash Its Image
|date=2020-11-24
|accessdate=2023-12-11
}}</ref> [[Israel ]] announced in 2023, that it is to receive advanced new Drakon-class submarines from Germany.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/new-israeli-submarines-big-sail-seen-in-images
|title=Latest Israeli Submarine’s Big Sail Seen In New Images
|date=2023-08-03
|accessdate=2023-12-11
}}</ref> Today, it is Germany's national interest to fundamentally support [[Israel]]'s security in the conflict with their neighbors, even though the German government still considers a two-state solution to be the preferable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.rnd.de/politik/israels-sicherheit-ist-deutsche-staatsraeson-was-heisst-das-eigentlich-6ZIZKBHGEZCO3J4GIOLIK4LWWA.html
|title=Israels Sicherheit ist deutsche Staatsräson – was heißt das eigentlich?
|accessdate=2023-12-11
|quote=
}}</ref> and Jews in [[Israel]],<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Outraged German Jews slam court for prohibiting circumcision
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-jews-slam-court-for-ruling-prohibiting-circumcisions/
}}</ref> who sought to deny to boys the protections enacted by those guilt-feeling individuals who wanted to prevent a future recurrence of a Holocaust.
|title='Germany must pass law to protect circumcision
|url=https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Germany-must-pass-law-to-protect-circumcision
|website=
|date=2012-06-27
|accessdate=2023-12-11
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}}</ref> Although German [[intactivists]] presented significant opposition to the passage of this law, they could not overcome the effects of ''collective guilt'', so the circumcision law received overwhelming support in the Bundestag. The 2012 [[Circumcision Debate]] and the strong influence of “German collective guilt” on voting behavior are described and evaluated in the book “[[Komikernation Deutschland]]” [Comedian Nation Germany] by [[Ulf Dunkel]].
The 2012 [[Circumcision Debate]] and the strong influence of “German collective guilt” on voting behavior are described and evaluated in the book “[[Komikernation Deutschland]]” [Comedian Nation Germany] by [[Ulf Dunkel]].
Passage of legislation to protect the [[physical integrity]] and [[human rights]] of boys apparently will require overcoming the collective guilt.
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