Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Saturday for taking a stand against a bill seeking to ban the circumcision of boys in Denmark for non-medical reasons.

In a statement from his office, Netanyahu conveyed his appreciation for Frederiksen’s steadfast defense of Denmark’s Jewish community and the tradition of circumcision, which he said “was a matter of maintaining Jewish identity through the generations.”

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Denmark had protected its Jewish community during and after the Holocaust, and hopefully would continue to do so in the future, he said.

In explaining her opposition to the bill, Frederiksen said it was a matter of keeping the pledge Denmark made after World War II that the Jews would always remain part of Danish society. Banning the ritual circumcision of boys would break that promise, she said.Read more at Algemeiner