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July 12, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-parliament-slams-german-circumcision-ban-145343199.html

Criticism in Israeli Parliament Over German Circumcision Ban

(AP) Blake Sobczak - An Israeli parliamentary committee on Monday denounced a ruling in Germany banning ritual circumcision, saying the decision infringes upon religious freedom and evokes memories of the worst chapter in German history, the Holocaust. A regional court in Cologne recently ruled that circumcising young boys for religious reasons amounts to bodily harm, even if parents agree to it. Circumcision of baby boys is a fundamental Jewish religious ritual. The German ambassador, Andreas Michaelis, told Israeli lawmakers his country was working to resolve the issue and that the ruling doesn't apply at the national level.

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