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== 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
|format=
|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
=== 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
|first=
|init=L
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=Joining the tribe: adult circumcision among immigrant men in Israel and its traumatic aftermath
|trans-title=
|language=
|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
|archived=
|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.
|pubmedID=33512277
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272
|format=PDF
|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=
}}</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