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The population of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is nearly 10,000,000. Jews constitute 73 percent, Muslims constitute 18 percent and the balance is of various other faiths. Of the Jews, 49 percent self-identify as secular.
== Circumcision in Israel ==
The ''Times of Israel'' (2014) reported Jewish actress Alicia Silverstone is "among those Jews advocating against circumcision."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Alicia Silverstone nixes circumcision
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|quote=
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The ''Times of Israel'' (2014) reported that the High Court overturned a Rabbinical Court decision that would have forced a woman to have a boy circumcised. The High Court stated that the Rabbinical Court "lacked the jurisdiction to force the procedure."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=High Court rules against coerced circumcision
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-against-coerced-circumcision/
|last=Newman
|first=Marissa
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Times of Israel
|website=
|date=2014-06-29
|accessdate=2024-03-27
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|quote=In the case in question, a woman in the midst of divorce proceedings opposed the [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] of her son on the grounds that it was a form of mutilation.
}}</ref>