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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