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The Based on data collected prior to 2016, the percentage of males of all ages [[circumcised]] in Israel (prevalence) is was reported to be 91.7%.,<ref>{{REFweb
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[[File:Flag_of_Israel.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Israel]]
According to Scripture, God intended to give gave the land of Canaan to Israel.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+13%3A1-2&version=NASBNET
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}}</ref> It was to be a "national home for the Jewish people".<ref name="balfour1917">{{REFdocument |title=Balfour Declaration |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187152#/media/File:Balfour_declaration_unmarked.jpg |contribution= |last=Balfour |first=Arthur |publisher=Foreign Office |format=PDF |date=1917-11-02 |accessdate=2024-04-22}}</ref> David Ben-Gurion affixed the first signature to the <b>Declaration of Independence (1948)</b>.<ref>{{REFdocument |title=The Declaration of Independence |url=https://catalog.archives.gov.il/en/chapter/the-declaration-of-independence/ |contribution= |last= |first= |publisher=Israel State Archives |format= |date=1948-05-14 |accessdate=2024-05-01}}</ref>
Hebrew, the long dead language of the Jews, was revived and is the official language, although English is also widely spoken. Arabic is a secondary language.
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The ''Times of Israel'' (2014) reported that the [https://supreme.court.gov.il/sites/en/Pages/home.aspx High Court] overturned a [https://www.gov.il/en/departments/the_rabbinical_courts/govil-landing-page Rabbinical Court ] decision that would have forced a woman to have a boy [[circumcised]]. The High Court stated that the [https://www.gov.il/en/departments/the_rabbinical_courts/govil-landing-page 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/
|volume=24
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|pages=702-16
|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272?journalCode=tchs20
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The ''Jerusalem Post'' (2022) reported "A baby was rushed to the hospital in northern Israel on Monday after his [[circumcision]] went wrong, with his genitals being almost completely amputated during a [[Brit Milah| brit mila]] - — a Jewish ritual circumcision, Israeli media reported. The ''[[mohel]]'' was late found to be uncertified and did not undergo required training.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Israeli baby requires complex surgery after circumcision gone wrong
|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-716445
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|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
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}}</ref> however this figure was derived by totaling the number of Jews and Muslims in the population. It overstates the percentage of boys [[circumcised]] by an unknown amount since not all Jews and Muslims circumcise their boys.<ref name="ahituv2021" />
The ''Jerusalem Post'' (2024) reports, "Only seven medical circumcisions had been performed since April 2023, according to data presented to the Knesset."<ref>{{REFnews
Prais et al. (2009) reported that a boy is 2.8 times more likely to get a [[UTI]] when [[circumcised]] by a [[mohel]] as compared to when circumcised by a physician.<ref name="prais2009" />
The urethra of girls is shorter than that of boys, so it is normal for girls to have more urinary tract infections than boys. Marild & Jodal (1998), working in [[Sweden]], reported an incidence of UTI in girls of 6.6% in the first six years of life, while boys had an incidence of 1.8%.<ref name="marild1998">{{REFjournal
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The [[Mantor Restorer]], a [[foreskin restoration]] device, is manufactured in Israel.
== Censorship in Israel ==
Discussion of the practice of [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] is likely to be censored. [[Alon Sivroni]] was banned from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv_Pride Tel Aviv Pride Parade] for opposing circumcision. This is likely to occur when many men are in ''denial of loss'' to [[Sexual effects of circumcision| circumcision]].
== Homosexuality in Israel ==
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}}</ref> Tel Aviv, which may be the most [[circumcised]] city, also calls itself "the most gay friendly city in the world."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Over 250,000 revelers flood Tel Aviv for Israel’s biggest ever Gay Pride parade
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-250000-revelers-flood-tel-aviv-for-gay-pride/
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
* [[Brit Shalom]]
* [[Bruchim]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Theodor Hertzl]]
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* {{URLwikipedia|Israel|Israel}}