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Circumcision in Israel: Add news section.
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 ==
=== Circumcision in the news ===
The [https://www.pediatrics.org.il/english/ Israeli Ambulatory Paediatric Association] (2012) said "that direct oral-genital suction, known as ''[[Metzitzah b'peh| metzitzah b’peh]]'', should not be performed during [[Brit Milah| Jewish ritual circumcision]]."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Israeli pediatric association calls for end to circumcision-related rite
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