Israel uses its political clout in Washington to afford Orthodox Jews the legal protection needed to engage in a ritual that is unthinkable for most Americans. Specifically, Orthodox Jewish circumcisers (mohels) in America are allowed to suck the penis of male babies as part of a ritual called metzitzah b'peh (direct oral suction). What is more, Israel has become a sanctuary country for fugitive pedophiles who are fleeing criminal justice in other countries.