Orthodox Jews Have a Legal Right to Suck the Penis of Male Babies During a Religious Ritual

By: Donald V. Watkins

Copyrighted and Published on August 10, 2025 

An Orthodox Jewish mohel in New York City sucks the penis of a male baby during a metzitzah b'peh ceremony. This ritual is permitted in the U.S. because of Israel's considerable political clout in Washington.

An Editorial Opinion

Since 1948, the United States has provided Israel with over $310 billion in total bilateral assistance, including both economic and military aid.  This makes Israel the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid. 

American aid makes it possible for Israelis to enjoy government-sponsored universal healthcare, an extremely low-cost college education, modern infrastructure, a well-armed military, nuclear weapons, and the many conveniences of modern life – all courtesy of America taxpayers.  For all practical purposes, Israel is an American created, financed, and protected enclave within the country that was formerly known as Palestine (prior to 1948).

Israel keeps American taxpayers hitched to its wagon by: (a) blackmailing a seemingly endless cadre of compromised American political figures and corporate leaders who become ensnared in “honey trap” operations like the one convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein ran in New York, Palm Beach, and the Virgin Islands for Mossad (Israel's national spy agency), (b) buying U.S. presidents and members of Congress of both political parties with campaign money that is funneled through a Jewish-American political action committee called "AIPAC," and (c) smearing media critics who dare to criticize Israel and problematic Jewish conduct, at home and abroad.

Israel also uses its considerable political clout in Washington to afford Orthodox Jews with 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 in public ceremonies as part of a ritual called metzitzah b'peh (direct oral suction).

Israel is a Sanctuary Country for Fugitive Pedophiles

Many American pedophiles flee to Israel to escape criminal prosecution in the U.S. and other countries. They take full advantage of Israel’s Law of Return, which grants automatic citizenship to Jewish individuals and their families, with minimal barriers. This law typically provides fugitive pedophiles with a safe harbor from the American criminal justice system.  Many of these pedophiles go on to abuse children in Israel, as well.

These sex offenders, including Malka Leifer, find refuge in ultra-Orthodox settlements in the West Bank.  Over 700,000 Israeli settlers reside in these areas, occupying Palestinian land in 150 government-supported settlements. Government funding also extends to unauthorized outposts, allowing convicted sex offenders and fugitive pedophiles to live with minimal interference. As a result, West Bank settlements have become hotbeds for child sex abuse, including rape and child pornography.

One of the most prominent cases involves a Jewish settler, Uriah Assis, facing numerous sex crime charges, including rape and sexual harassment, with 105 victims, primarily underage girls. The perpetrator used multiple aliases to target and exploit young girls and women, with charges including rape, sodomy, sexual harassment, and possession and production of obscene materials.

One-third of prisoners convicted of sexual offenses in Israel have declined to participate in mandatory rehabilitation programs, and 75% were released early.  Additionally, nearly 90% of sexual offense cases involving Israeli army officers were initially opened but subsequently closed without charges.

On many occasions, the victims of pedophilia in Israel are Palestinian children, who are molested and raped by civilians and soldiers alike.  These children are also bought and sold in the sex trafficking marketplace.  These children are also used as a supply source for Israel’s growing organ harvesting trade and commercial body parts market.

My interest in this subject is simple: I protect children from physical and sexual abuse. I don't care if the abuser is a U.S. President, a Speaker of the House of Representatives, a U.S. or state senator, a New York socialite, a Catholic priest, a member of the Amish community, a Hollywood celebrity, a music mogul, a corporate CEO, a Mossad "access agent," or a cult leader.

Throughout my career, I have done everything within my power to protect innocent children who have been targeted for sexual abuse by a growing army of rich, powerful, and politically connected pedophiles. Children don't have powerful politicians, prosecutors, high-price criminal lawyers, judges, and Washington lobbyists in their back pockets. Pedophiles do.

As a follower of Jesus Christ, I serve a God who loves children. In fact, throughout His time on earth, Jesus spoke extensively about protecting, loving, and welcoming children into His kingdom. Jesus has a tender, protective, and relentless love toward children, and so do I.

Children must depend on those of us who are dedicated to protecting them from sexual predators, abusers, and enablers, without hesitation or reservation. Otherwise, the growing legion of sexual perverts will steal their joy.

No one is entitled to rob young children of their innocence and joy by molesting and raping them, or exploiting them for pornographic videos.

No one's position of power, political affiliation, demagoguery, or money can make me look the other way while pedophiles molest, rape, and abuse innocent children in pornographic videos, without fear of criminal consequences. For me, this is not a political issue. It is a religious and human rights issue.

Finally, those who condone pedophilia by their deliberate silence in known cases of sexual abuse are just as bad as the perverts who engage in it.