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The Based on data collected prior to 2016, the percentage of males of all ages [[circumcised]] in Israel (prevalence) was reported to be 91.7%.,<ref>{{REFweb
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|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>
}}</ref>
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
|date=2024-04-01
|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 Muslim boys are circumcised.<ref name="ahituv2021" />
The ''Jerusalem Post'' (2024) reports, "Only seven medical circumcisions had been performed since April 2023, according to data presented to the Knesset."<ref>{{REFnews
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
* [[Brit Shalom]]
* [[Bruchim]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Theodor Hertzl]]
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* {{URLwikipedia|Israel|Israel}}