Baby undergoes circumcision R 370.
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MKs plan to travel through Europe in the coming weeks to battle
anti-circumcision legislation.
On Wednesday, Knesset Speaker Yuli
Edelstein called in 15 MKs who head caucuses for relations with different
European countries to discuss how to fight a resolution that the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe passed earlier this month.
The
resolution called male ritual circumcision “a violation of the physical
integrity of children,” and said states should protect children “against
violations of their physical integrity according to human rights
standards.”
At the meeting, Knesset diplomatic adviser Oded Ben-Hur
recommended that the MKs visit European countries and ask their counterparts to
sign a new draft resolution written by Israel that would reverse the PACE
decision.
In addition, the MKs will check whether there are bills on the
dockets of parliaments in Europe that are meant to outlaw circumcision, and work
to block them by explaining the importance the ritual has for Jews and
Muslims.
“This is a battle that unites religions. The PACE decision is
scandalous and can set Europe on fire,” Edelstein warned.
The Knesset
speaker said that at that moment a European MP could be trying to pass the
resolution as law in his or her country, and the MKs must do all they can to
stop it.
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MK Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List-Ta’al) said that although he did
not usually travel with Knesset delegations, he would join this
battle.
“I can’t imagine that circumcision will become illegal,” Tibi
stated. “We [Jews and Muslims] have a joint interest of the first order, an
interest that is supreme and moral. We must fight together.”
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