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Alcena and Fink lacked a hypothesis to explain why the foreskin would be an entry point for HIV infection, but this was supplied by circumcision promoter [[Gerald N. Weiss]] and two colleagues. Weiss et al. (1993) produced the plausible but incorrect hypothesis that [[Langerhans cells]] attracted HIV. A medical journal in [[Israel ]] was willing to publish the paper by Weiss et al.<ref name="weiss1993">{{REFjournal
|last=Weiss
|first=Gerald N.
The statistics suggest that removal of the protective [[foreskin]] by circumcision increases the risk of contracting [[HIV]] infection.
=== [[Israel ]] ===Despite circumcision being near-universal, [[HIV]] is an increasing problem in [[Israel]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4998790
|title=Failing the AIDS Test