The people who are fixaed on infants' genitals are those who are so determined to cut parts OFF infants' genitals, not those who want them simply left alone. Infant ear-piercing is also debatable, but it is reversable; cutting parts off the genitals is nothing like any other inevitable parental decision. Eran already has plenty of spheroids to put his head above the battlements in this forum. You don't answer a word he's written.

A less extensive circumcision ought be sought like pin hole surgery using a safe form of anaesthesia and aiming still do reduce the dangers of the foreskin that leads to increased urinary infection and blockages .the training ought be greatly more extensive also.

sentence i fell off the chair laughing... if it was meant as an ironic article than u were great if not.. well no impossile that u werent that was too funny lol

years but this definitly is the last of ur articles i will read.. im so sorry u became a stupid leftists disaster now bye

Thank you for a very sane look at this issue. Genital mutilation of children has no place in this modern age of information and respect for human rights. Abolish it..

just because you feel it is "wrong" you support an opresive legislation and trash the families rights. don´t dare to compare circuncision with clitoris removal, the 1st one is a regular and accepted medical procedure, prevents several pathologuies and its a respected tradicition. By the way, greater empires and forces like the romans tried to ban ciscumcision with violence and penalities and failed misarably, leftist are much, much less intimidating than romans

Good hygiene is the norm in Scandinavia? Google rattus rattus and see what Norwegian "hygiene" unleashed against humanity before you launch forth, okay?

Circumcision is not a practice exclusive to Jews. Yet you chose to issue your vitriol exclusively against Jews, with not a single word against Moslems, whose circumcision practices are quite barbaric, especially as against girls. I think that makes you a hypocrite. May I also point out that YNet is not a venue for railing against Jewish practices, either? Is that the only reason you participate in this Forum? I think that makes you an even bigger hypocrite.

I just wish you hadn't used the word "dribble ..."

This is so great to read! :-) Intactivists, unite! Spread the information.. Down with genital mutilation!

I suffered a lot in my youth because I was uncircumcised. Circumcision is beneficial to a baby in the hot climate - ask any sane physician.

And factually incorrect. I'm and internal medicine doctor and #52 has it right. The health benefits of circumcision outweigh any potential risk. 10 out of 100 will need urological surgery??? is this person out of his mind? whats your reference for that Mr. Sadeh? honestly I lost a lot of respect for ynet after reading this article...

So ban Kashrut,Shabat,circumsition,mitzvoth and commandments. What is left? You are proposing to banish Judaism all together...Imbecile! I understand that a Journal has to give all the information posible to the readers but Ynet has crossed all red lights. From security to morality. Why dont you publish also that drugs are safe,ore raping is admisible,or child pornogrphy is ok, maybe give back all Israel back to the arabs since Israel is a "cancer". What is left from Honest Jounalism in you guys

Why does Y.A. do this? It makes you wonder whether the editors are within the range of normalcy, normal people... They use this website to give a voice to the loons all the time now...

If circumcision affects how the child reacts to pain their whole life, then you are saying it creates the toughest most fearless, masculine soldiers in the world? Last I checked, most of the IDF is circumcised (note: I didn't actually check but it's safe to speculate)

Thank you for brining attention to this issue in a crowd where it's obviously much needed. Your religion is irrelevant when it comes to your baby's genitals. Your child may or may not choose to follow your religion when he grows up, cutting part of his penis off isn't going to make him more likely follow your religion. He can make all the flesh sacrifices from his body he sees necessary when he is a consenting adult, taking a flesh sacrifice from a helpless baby is inhumane. And if we are screaming about religious freedom then I suppose female circumcision needs to be made legal again.

This guy is a total whack job.

Who took this to the GERMAN court?

What about cutting the unbilical cord? Doesn't that hurt? Americamn Pediatric Association will be announcing on Monday that their policy on circumcision has changed from neutral to pro. The change is based on a review of scientific studies across a period of 15 years.

Not one health orginization in the entire world recommends circumcision. pro cutting groups have pushed circumcision in africa with their scare tactics. safe sex and better hygiene will prevent hiv and stds. not cutting off parts of penises!!

Sadeh is a simple fool who calls as unethical the rituals which are practiced by the followers of those who developed for the world a sense of ethics!

G-d commanded the Jewish people to practice circumsision. You can come up with any rational that you want. In the final analysis YOU ARE NOT SMARTER THAN G-D. Even gentiles practice circumsision today as it has been proven to be beneficial for the health of the baby/adult male, not the contrary.

“The trauma of the pain is etched in the infant's mind and affects the way he reacts to pain in the future.” That is some of the most blatant garbage I have ever seen. I assure you, from personal experience, it is not true. Except in your imagination. As are your other points.

Genital alteration of an infant violates HIS religious freedom. Many people do not practice the religion of their parents - why should they make that irreversible choice for him when he cannot decide? Why not let the person choose when he becomes an adult (or older adolescent)? Even the Amish have Rumspringa.

... is kind of a big deal. Maybe one day supporters of this barbarity will actually get it.

... and billions of intact people have managed to stay around too. Infant circ can also kill. And it's a violation of human rights.

As a circumcised Jew, words cannot describe how thrilled I am to see an article like this! We should be happy that Germany is protecting Jewish boys from this ritual harm [circumcision has the ability to infect a Jewish child with numerous diseases and kill him!]. If a Jew feels his faith warrants genital modification as an adult, he can become circumcised then.

I am very sorry to "shock" you with some of the graphic details. I had no intention of offending anyone. But those are the details that make a big difference, and a lot of people unacquainted with non-circumcised penises do not know these differences.