Is FGM banned in Israel?
No specific ban
No specific legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
Israel is one of 25 countries classified “No specific ban” for female genital mutilation — 26% of the 95 with data. (Also searched as FGM.)
Source
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Jordan
- No specific ban Jordan has no specific legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
- Cyprus
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically illegal in Cyprus.
- Syria
- No specific ban No specific legal ban on FGM in Syria as of March 2020.
- Egypt
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically illegal in Egypt under criminal provision 22 as of 2008.
- Iraq
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically criminalized in the Kurdistan Region under the 2012 law.
- Saudi Arabia
- No specific ban No specific legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
Other laws in Israel
- Abortion
- Legal (broad reasons)
- Euthanasia
- Passive only
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- Surrogacy
- Commercial legal
- Organ Donor Consent
- Opt-in (explicit consent)
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