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[[File:Flag_of_Israel.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Israel]]
[[File:Flag_of_Israel.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Israel]]
According to Scripture, God gave the land of Canaan to Israel.<ref>{{REFweb
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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|publisher=NASB
|date=1995
|accessdate=2025-08-10
}}</ref>  <ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+13%3A1-2&version=NET
  |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+13%3A1-2&version=NET
  |title=Numbers 13:1-2
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The nation of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' was reborn in Canaan in 1948 as foretold by the prophet Ezekial in Ezekial 37.<ref>{{REFweb
The nation of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' was reborn in [https://www.biblestudy.org/meaning-names/canaan.html Canaan] in 1948 as foretold by the prophet Ezekial in Ezekial 37.<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekial+37&version=NASB
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  |title=Ezekial 37
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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">
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=
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|publisher=Jewish Virtual Library
|date=1994-03-09
|accessdate=2025-01-05
}}</ref>


== Circumcision in Israel ==
== Circumcision in Israel ==
=== Circumcision in the news ===
=== 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
<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
  |title=Wanted haredi extremists flee country
  |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2006/2006-10-09_jpost.php
  |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2006/2006-10-09_jpost.php
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  |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.
  |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.
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====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
''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
  |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
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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.”
  |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 reasons.<ref>{{REFjournal
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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]].<ref name="remennick2021">{{REFjournal
  |last=Remennick
  |last=Remennick
  |first=
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  |DOI=10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272
  |DOI=10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272
  |accessdate=2022-10-14
  |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
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Jewish News Syndicate
|website=
|date=2023-12-13
|accessdate=2025-01-16
|quote=
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  |quote="We don't know exactly how it happened, but the baby is suffering from an almost complete amputation of his genitals," Asadi told N12. "This is a shocking case and the injury is very serious."
  |quote="We don't know exactly how it happened, but the baby is suffering from an almost complete amputation of his genitals," Asadi told N12. "This is a shocking case and the injury is very serious."
}}</ref>
The ''Jerusalem Post'' (2026) reported "A two-week-old baby was hospitalized at Wolfson after contracting herpes during a [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] involving direct [[Metzitzah b'peh| oral suction]]."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Infant hospitalized with herpes after circumcision involving direct oral suction
|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-890328
|last=Gal
|first=Itay
|publisher=Jerusalem Post
|website=
|date=2026-03-18
|accessdate=2026-03-18
|quote=Doctors found that the virus had reached the infant’s cerebrospinal fluid, indicating that the infection had penetrated the central nervous system, a life-threatening condition in newborns whose immune systems are not yet fully developed.
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}}</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 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
|last=Bar-Yaakov
|first=
|init=N
|author-link=
|last2=Mano
|first2=
|init2=R
|author2-link=
|last3=Ekstein
|first3=
|init3=M
|author3-link=
|last4=Savin
|first4=
|init4=Z
|author4-link=
|last5=Dekalo
|first5=
|init5=S
|author5-link=
|last6=Ben-Chaim
|first6=
|init6=J
|author6-link=
|last7=Bar-Yosef
|first7=
|init7=Y
|author7-link=
|etal=no
|title=Parental regret following decision to revise circumcision
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Front Pediatr
|location=
|date=2022-03-09
|volume=
|issue=
|article=
|page=
|pages=
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959754/
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|quote=
|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
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 ==
== Ritual circumcision and urinary tract infection in Israel ==
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}}</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" />
}}</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
|author2-link=
|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]]
The extent of [[intactness]] in Israel is unclear.
==Regret parents==
==Regret parents==
Bar-Yaakov et al. (2022) reported that 27.5 percent of parents in Tel Aviv who had a [[circumcision]] revision regretted that decision.<ref>{{REFjournal
Bar-Yaakov et al. (2022) reported that 27.5 percent of parents in Tel Aviv who had a [[circumcision]] revision are [[regret parents]].<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Bar-Yaakov
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  |accessdate=2024-06-17
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}}</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]]


== Videos ==
== Videos ==
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=== Alon Sivroni Banned From Tel Aviv Pride Parade For Opposing Circumcision ===
=== Alon Sivroni Banned From Tel Aviv Pride Parade For Opposing Circumcision ===
<youtube>v=nFpqTOmQ5ks</youtube>
<youtube>v=nFpqTOmQ5ks</youtube>
=== Infant circumcision procedure ===
===Circumcision a film by Ari Libsker===
 
<youtube>v=XN65C9tbLP0</youtube>
This is 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 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:
===WWDOGA 2021 - „Circumcision in Israel“ Ronit Tamir (KAHAL) and guests (English Language)===  
 
<youtube>v=6z6U9URncv0&t=1785s</youtube>
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/qbpzqr/trained_medical_professionals_restrain_infant_to/
|archived=
|title=Trained medical professionals restrain infant to amputate part of its body while baby kicks and screams in pain
|trans-title=
|language=
|last=
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|publisher=Reddit
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|date=
|accessdate=2024-05-18
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*[https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/qbpzqr/trained_medical_professionals_restrain_infant_to/ Circumcision video]


== Mantor Restorer ==
== Mantor Restorer ==
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
* [[Amputation]]
* [[Brit Shalom]]
* [[Brit Shalom]]
* [[Bruchim]]
* [[Bruchim]]
* [[Circumcision and violence]]
* [[Israel's Whole Network]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Rebecca Wald]]
* [[Ritual circumcision]]
* [[Theodor Hertzl]]
* [[Theodor Hertzl]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[Trauma]]
{{LINKS}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Israel|Israel}}
* {{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
}}
{{REF}}
{{REF}}




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