Editing Circumcision and law (section)

=== Israel ===
In [[Israel]], Jewish circumcision is entirely legal. The circumcision rate is very high in Israel, although some limited data suggests the practice is slowly declining. According to an online survey by the parents' portal Mamy in 2006, the rate was 95%, while earlier estimates put it at 98–99%. Ben Shalem, an organisation dedicated to the abolition of circumcision, petitioned the Supreme Court in 1999 on the grounds that circumcision violated human dignity, children's rights and criminal law. The petition was rejected.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Netta Ahituv |date=14 June 2012 |title=Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise Their Sons |url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/even-in-israel-more-and-more-parents-choose-not-to-circumcise-their-sons-1.436421 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921070936/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/even-in-israel-more-and-more-parents-choose-not-to-circumcise-their-sons-1.436421 |archive-date=21 September 2017 |access-date=30 January 2021 |website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> In 2013, a Rabbinical court in Israel ordered a mother in the midst of divorce proceedings to circumcise her son in accordance with the father's wishes, or pay a fine of 500 Israeli Shekel for every day that the child is not circumcised. She appealed against the Rabbinical court ruling and the High Court ruled in her favour stating, among other considerations, the basic right of freedom from religion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marissa Newman |date=29 June 2014 |title=High Court rules against coerced circumcision |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-against-coerced-circumcision/ |url-status=live |access-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622005540/https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-against-coerced-circumcision/ |archive-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>