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}}</ref> It was to be a "national home for the Jewish people".<ref name="balfour1917">{{REFdocument |title=Balfour Declaration |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187152#/media/File:Balfour_declaration_unmarked.jpg |contribution= |last=Balfour |first=Arthur |publisher=Foreign Office |format=PDF |date=1917-11-02 |accessdate=2024-04-22}}</ref> David Ben-Gurion affixed the first signature to the <b>Declaration of Independence (1948)</b>.<ref>{{REFdocument |title=The Declaration of Independence |url=https://catalog.archives.gov.il/en/chapter/the-declaration-of-independence/ |contribution= |last= |first= |publisher=Israel State Archives |format= |date=1948-05-14 |accessdate=2024-05-01}}</ref>

''Haretz'' (2012) published an article that said "more and more Israeli parents choose not to circumcise."<ref name="haretz2012">{{REFweb |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2012-06-14/ty-article/even-in-israel-more-and-more-parents-choose-not-to-circumcise/0000017f-f77f-ddde-abff-ff7f1fb70000 |title=Even in Israel, more and more parents choose not to circumcise their sons |last=Ahutuv |first=Netta |init= |publisher=Haaretz |date=2012-06-14 |accessdate=2024-05-09}}</ref>''Reuters'' (2012) reported that increasing numbers of "Israeli parents are saying no to circumcision. " Some fear it is a form of "physical abuse". Discussion of [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] is said to be "taboo". [[Ronit Tamir]], the founder and executive director of [[KAHAL]], said, "The phenomenon is growing, I have no doubt. When we started the group 12 years ago we had to work hard to find 40 families ... They were keeping it secret and we had to promise them we'd keep it secret. Then, we'd get one or two phone calls a month. Nowadays I get dozens of emails and phone calls a month, hundreds a year."<refname="reuters2012">{{REFnews

The ''Times of Israel'' (2014) reported that the [https://supreme.court.gov.il/sites/en/Pages/home.aspx High Court] overturned a [https://www.gov.il/en/departments/the_rabbinical_courts/govil-landing-page Rabbinical Court ] decision that would have forced a woman to have a boy [[circumcised]]. The High Court stated that the [https://www.gov.il/en/departments/the_rabbinical_courts/govil-landing-page Rabbinical Court] "lacked the jurisdiction to force the procedure."<ref>{{REFnews

}}</ref> Remennick (2021) reported lingering [[trauma]] among former Soviet Jews who were [[circumcised]] in Israel ad and who now regret their decision for both aesthetic and sexual reasons.<ref>{{REFjournal

[[Judaism]] and [[Islam]] require [[circumcision]], however not all Jews and Muslims actually follow the teachings of their religion. ''Haaretz'' (2021) reported that many Israeli parents are not circumcising their sons.<ref name="ahituv2021">{{REFnews |title=Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise Their Sons |url=https://www.haaretz.com/even-in-israel-more-and-more-parents-choose-not-to-circumcise-1.5178506 |last=Ahituv |first=Netta |coauthors= |publisher=Haaretz |website= |date=2021-06-14 |accessdate=2024-03-24 |quote=The survey also found that nearly a third of the parents would prefer to forgo [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] but nevertheless have it done for social reasons ‏(16.6 percent‏), health reasons ‏(10.4 percent‏) and because it is important for the grandparents ‏(2.1 percent‏).}}</ref> The ''Jerusalem Post'' (2022) reported "A baby was rushed to the hospital in northern Israel on Monday after his [[circumcision]] went wrong, with his genitals being almost completely [[Amputation| amputated ]] during a [[Brit Milah| brit mila]] — a Jewish ritual circumcision, Israeli media reported. The ''[[mohel]]'' was late later found to be uncertified and did not undergo required training.<ref>{{REFnews

The Based on data collected prior to 2016, the percentage of males of all ages [[circumcised]] in Israel (prevalence) is was reported to be 91.7%.,<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> however this figure was derived by totaling the number of Jews and Muslims in the population. It overstates the percentage of boys [[circumcised]] by an unknown amount since not all Jews and Muslims circumcise their boys.<ref name="ahituv2021" />

}}</ref> However, in Israel, with respect to Jewish boys, the situation is reversed with more [[UTI ]] in boys as compared with girls. Toker et al. (2010) reported an incidence of UTI in Jewish boys of 24.7% as compared to girls with 8.4%.<ref name="toker2010" />