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== Circumcision death ==
* {{REFnews
|title=Baby who lost consciousness after circumcision dies
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-who-lost-consciousness-after-circumcision-dies/
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|date=2013-06-07
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== Facebook groups ==
These groups use the Hebrew language.
* [https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%9B%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%98_%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8_CIRCUMCISION Circumcision - the whole hidden truth - a selected collection]
* [[ברית_מילה_-_לומדים_את_העובדות|Circumcision - Learn about the facts]]
== Intactivist groups ==
There are several [[intactivist]] groups that oppose the the practice of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
* [[Ben Shalem]]
* [[Brimila]]
* [[Intact Israel]]
* [[Israel's Whole Network]]
* [[KAHAL]]
* [[Protect the Child]]
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[[File:Flag_of_Israel.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Israel]]
According to Scripture, God gave the land of Canaan to Israel.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2012%3A1-6&version=NASB1995
|title=Genesis 12:1-6
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|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+13%3A1-2&version=NET
|title=Numbers 13:1-2
Hebrew, the long dead language of the Jews, was revived and is the official language, although English is also widely spoken. Arabic is a secondary language.
The population of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is nearly now exceeds 10,000,000. Jews constitute 73 percent, Muslims constitute 18 percent and the balance is of various other faiths. Of the Jews, 49 percent self-identify as secular. ==Status of international human rights law in Israel==Israel signed the [https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1976/03/19760323%2006-17%20AM/Ch_IV_04.pdf International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights] (ICCPR) on 19 December 1966 and it ratified the treaty on 3 October 1991. Israel has not accepted the optional protocol for acceptance of individual complaints.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CCPR |title=Ratification Status for CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=UN Treaty Body Database |date= |accessdate=2025-01-01}}</ref> Israel signed the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-against-torture-and-other-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment] (CAT) on 22 October 1986 and ratified the treaty on 3 October 1991.<ref name=UNDATABASE">{{REFweb |url=https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=84&Lang=en |title=Ratification Status for Israel |publisher=UN Treaty Body Database |date= |accessdate=2025-01-01}}</ref> Israel signed the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-child Convention on the Rights of the Child] (CRC) on 3 July 1990 and ratified the treaty on 3 October 1991.<ref name=UNDATABASE" /> Nations which become states-party to the various United Nations [[human rights]] treaties incur certain obligations for the enforcement of the provisions of those treaties within their territory. The Basic Law provides that "all persons are entitled to protection of their life, body and dignity."<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/basic-law-human-dignity-and-liberty |title=Basic Laws of Israel: Human Dignity and Liberty |last= |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |date=1994-03-09 |accessdate=2025-01-05}}</ref>
== Circumcision in Israel ==
=== Circumcision in the news ===
<i>The Jerusalem Post</i> (2006) reported that haredi extremists had formed a "circumcision ring" to carry out "illegal circumcisions" on Russian teenagers who had not been [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Wanted haredi extremists flee country
|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2006/2006-10-09_jpost.php
|last=Lefkovit
|first=Edgar
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Jerusalem Post
|website=2006-10-09
|date=2024-07-28
|accessdate=2024-07-28
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|quote=The haredi zealots allegedly performed the illicit circumcisions on the 16-17-year-old youths in a private city apartment in exchange for presents and without the consent of their parents.
}}</ref>
The [https://www.pediatrics.org.il/english/ Israeli Ambulatory Paediatric Association] (2012) said "that direct oral-genital suction, known as ''[[Metzitzah b'peh| metzitzah b’peh]]'', should not be performed during [[Brit Milah| Jewish ritual circumcision]]."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Israeli pediatric association calls for end to circumcision-related rite
|quote= It is calling on Israel’s Health Ministry to require maternity wards and clinics to advise parents against metzitzah b’peh, Israeli media are reporting.
}}</ref>
====Circumcision loses popularity in Israel====
''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
}}</ref>
The ''Forward'' (2018) reported that circumcision rates are slipping as more secular parents favor "[[intactness]]".<refname="gradstein2018">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision Rates Are Slipping — Even In Israel
|url=https://forward.com/israel/391496/circumcision-rates-are-slipping-even-in-israel/
|accessdate=2024-04-10
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|quote=Those making this decision are still in the minority and said they came under tremendous pressure from their families to have the baby [[circumcised ]] for reasons of tradition, if not religion.
}}</ref>
''Haaretz'' (2019) reported that Jewish men from Russia who were [[circumcised]] in Israel now [[Regret men| regret their decision]] to be [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
|title=They Felt Pressured to Get Circumcised After Moving to Israel. They Now Regret It
|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2019-12-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/they-felt-pressured-to-get-circumcised-after-moving-to-israel-they-now-regret-it/0000017f-f16f-d8a1-a5ff-f1efdbad0000
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|quote=“I didn’t take into account that I would be losing feeling or that sex would be less good. Even after I noticed the damage, it took me time to make the connection. It came up in conversations with the woman who is today my wife and who by training is a psychologist and a sexologist – and not a Jew, by the way. When we first started dating, she asked me why I had done it, and I told her. Since then she laughs at me occasionally and says that if I hadn’t undergone that nonsense, I would have greater enjoyment.”
}}</ref> Remennick (2021) reported lingering [[trauma]] among former Soviet Jews who were [[circumcised]] in Israel and who now regret their decision for both aesthetic and [[Sexual effects of circumcision| sexual reasons]].<refname="remennick2021">{{REFjournal
|last=Remennick
|first=Larissa
|init=L
|author-link=
|DOI=10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272
|accessdate=2022-10-14
}}</ref>
Wald (2022) reported on the prevalence of injuries from circumcision.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision Injuries Include More Than ‘Botches’
|url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/circumcision-injuries-include-more-than-botches/
|last=Wald
|first=
|init=R
|author-link=Rebecca Wald
|publisher=The Times of Israel
|website=
|date=2022-09-08
|accessdate=2025-05-19
|quote=“We see many incomplete circumcisions and children suffering bleeding after circumcision, abrasions and injuries of one kind or another. Lots of damage.”}}</ref>
The Jewish Press (2023) reported a decision by the Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, that the Government must pay for the circumcision of converts to Conservative and Reform Judaism in addition to Orthodox Judaism as had been done previously.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=High Court: State must pay for circumcisions of non-Orthodox converts
|url=https://www.jns.org/high-court-state-must-pay-for-circumcisions-of-non-orthodox-converts/
|last=Anonymous
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|publisher=Jewish News Syndicate
|website=
|date=2023-12-13
|accessdate=2025-01-16
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=== Loss of sexual sensation ===
Many [[intact]] Jewish men migrated to [[Israel]] after the collapse of the Soviet Union. They were [[circumcised]] as adults, but found that the [[adult circumcision]] resulted in a substantial loss of sensation and sexual pleasure.<ref name="remennick2022">{{REFjournal
|last=Remennick
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|etal=no
|title=Joining the tribe: adult circumcision among immigrant men in Israel and its traumatic aftermath
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|journal=Cult Health Sex
|date=2022-05
|volume=24
|issue=5
|pages=702-16
|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272?needAccess=true
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|quote=Although opinions differed, the majority in this small survey said that the exposure of glans penis gradually lowered sensitivity, reducing pleasure both in intercourse and masturbation. In hindsight, many informants regretted their consent to undergo brit under social pressure.
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|DOI=10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272
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|accessdate=2024-10-12
}}</ref>
The ''Jerusalem Post'' (2023) has expressed some concern about loss of [[foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensation]] after loss of the [[foreskin]] by [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Should Jewish males be circumcised? - comment
|quote=
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A [[circumcised]] Israeli man (2024) has commented on his loss of sensation.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/1hizfdy/i_hate_my_cut_pennis_so_depressing_i_sometimes/
|title=I hate my cut pennis, so depressing i sometimes wanna die
|last=Anonymous Israeli male
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|publisher=Reddit
|date=2024-12
|accessdate=2024-12-25
}}</ref>
=== Statistics ===
[[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
|accessdate=2024-04-01
}}</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" />
Bar-Yakov et al. (2022) surveyed parents in [[Israel]] who sought [[circumcision]] revision surgery to remove so-called "excess foreskin". They reported that 27.5 percent of such parents regretted their decision.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Parental regret following decision to revise circumcision
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|journal=Front Pediatr
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|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959754/
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|pubmedID=35356439
|pubmedCID=8959754
|DOI=10.3389/fped.2022.855893
|accessdate=2025-08-31
}}</ref>
The ''Jerusalem Post'' (2024) reports, "Only seven medical circumcisions had been performed since April 2023, according to data presented to the Knesset."<ref>{{REFnews
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There is no data available regarding the current ''incidence'' of [[circumcision]] of boys.
== Ritual circumcision and urinary tract infection in Israel ==
|accessdate=2024-03-28
}}</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" />
==Ritual circumcision and death from exsanguination==
Hiss et al. (2000) reported the death of a boy from [[exsanguination]] after [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]]<ref name="hiss2000">{{REFjournal
|last=Hiss
|first=J
|author-link=
|last2=Horowitz
|first2=A
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|last3=Kahana
|first3=T
|etal=no
|title=Fatal haemorrhage following male ritual circumcision
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=J Clin Forensic Med
|location=
|date=2000-03
|volume=7
|issue=1
|pages=32-4
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/death/hiss1/
|quote=
|pubmedID=15274991
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1054/jcfm.1999.0340
|accessdate=2025-05-08
}}</ref>
== Circumcision death ==
* {{REFnews
|title=Baby who lost consciousness after circumcision dies
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-who-lost-consciousness-after-circumcision-dies/
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Times of Israel
|website=
|date=2013-06-07
|accessdate=2024-03-24
|format=
|quote=
}}
== Facebook groups ==
These groups use the Hebrew language.
* [https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%9B%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%98_%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8_CIRCUMCISION Circumcision - the whole hidden truth - a selected collection]
* [[ברית_מילה_-_לומדים_את_העובדות|Circumcision - Learn about the facts]]
== Intactivist groups ==
There are several [[intactivist]] groups that oppose the the practice of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
* [[Ben Shalem]]
* [[Brimila]]
* [[Intact Israel]]
* [[Israel's Whole Network]]
* [[KAHAL]]
* [[Protect the Child]]
==Regret parents==
Bar-Yaakov et AL al. (2022) report reported that many 27.5 percent of parents in Tel Aviv regret a decision to have who had a [[circumcision]] revision to their son's circumcisionare [[regret parents]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Bar-Yaakov
|first=
|author7-link=
|etal=no
|title=Parental Regret Following Decision regret following decision to Revise Circumcisionrevise circumcision
|trans-title=
|language=
|accessdate=2024-06-17
}}</ref>
== Videos ==
===Jewish circumcision: Cutting with tradition===
<youtube>O_lLUXUo3Wk</youtube>
=== Alon Sivroni vs. circumcision ===
<youtube>v=dmLSx92iKlM&t=39s</youtube>
=== Alon Sivroni Banned From Tel Aviv Pride Parade For Opposing Circumcision ===
<youtube>v=nFpqTOmQ5ks</youtube>
=== Infant circumcision procedure === This is Circumcision a video of an actual infant [[circumcision]]. It has a sound tract so one can hear the comments of the doctor and the sounds made film by the infant. The doctor gives an injection of local anesthetic that apparently does not stop any pain at all. The infant goes silent at about 6:15 on the video, so he may have gone into [[shock]] at that time. Not for the squeamish: * {{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/qbpzqr/trained_medical_professionals_restrain_infant_to/ |archivedAri Libsker= |title=Trained medical professionals restrain infant to amputate part of its body while baby kicks and screams in pain |trans-title= |language= |last<youtube>v= |first= |author-link= |publisher=Reddit |website= |date= |accessdate=2024-05-18 |format= |quote=}} *[https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/qbpzqrXN65C9tbLP0</trained_medical_professionals_restrain_infant_to/ Circumcision video]youtube>
== Mantor Restorer ==
* [[Brit Shalom]]
* [[Bruchim]]
* [[Israel's Whole Network]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Rebecca Wald]]
* [[Ritual circumcision]]
* [[Theodor Hertzl]]
* [[Trauma]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Israel|Israel}}
* {{REFweb |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/sjlvd1sq9 |title=Why being an uncircumcised man in Israel is no longer an anomaly |last=Ostfeld |first=Shir |publisher=Ynet Global |date=2022-07-22 |accessdate=2025-11-28}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivists/comments/1ooxwda/israeli_article_detailing_lack_of_regulation_of/ |title=Israeli article detailing lack of regulation of circumcision in Israel and the devastating results (recent botches, glans amputations) |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=REDDIT |date=2025-11-05 |accessdate=2025-11-06}}
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