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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 Israeli Ambulatory Paediatric Association (2012) said "that direct oral-genital suction, known as ''metzitzah b’peh'', should not be performed during Jewish ritual circumcision."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Israeli pediatric association calls for end to circumcision-related rite
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-pediatric-association-calls-for-end-to-circumcision-related-rite/
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|publisher=The Times of Israel
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|date=2012-08-12
|accessdate=2024-04-06
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|quote= It is calling on Israel’s Health Ministry to require maternity wards and clinics to advise parents against metzitzah b’peh, Israeli media are reporting.
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The ''Times of Israel'' (2014) reported Jewish actress Alicia Silverstone is "among those Jews advocating against circumcision."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Alicia Silverstone nixes circumcision