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}}</ref> Barbara Amiel makes the case that the [[Cologne circumcision court judgment|Ruling in Cologne]] is not Anti-Semitic, but a display of statism, government attacking individual liberty (in this case individual family unit) (ignoring the fact that the minors are not at liberty to decline [[circumcision]]). Mrs. Amiel (who is documented to be atheist<ref>{{REFweb

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She also calls the debate about [[circumcision ]] a "battle over the centimetres of [[foreskin]]".

The article is illustrated<ref>Archive ({{date|2012-10-02}}): http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=File:Amiel.pdf</ref> with a photo of a Mohel [[mohel]] performing [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Jewish_Circumcision#Metzitzah_B.27peh metzitzah [Metzitzah b'peh]] on a crying baby who was just [[circumcised]]. [[Metzitzah b'peh ]] is the ritual of oral suction of the blood of the [[penis]], performed by ultra-orthodox Jews, and recently repeatedly responsible for several cases of babies contracting genital [[herpes]] , e.g. in NYC, in 2012. At least 2 babies diedalready.{{SEEALSO}}* [[Canada]]* [[United Kingdom]]{{REF}} 

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