Israel (disambiguation) explained
Israel is a country in Western Asia.
Israel may also refer to:
Places
- Land of Israel, the traditional Jewish name for the geographical region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River
- The Holy Land, a common appellation for roughly the same region due to its theological importance to several Abrahamic religions
- The Promised Land, the land in the southern Levant that was promised by God to Abraham and his descendants (the Hebrews/Israelites) in Judaism and Christianity
- Judea/Judaea, occasionally referred to as Israel, as it is known in the Bible in Maccabees, the Gospels, and Acts
Polities
People
- Israelis, the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel
- Israel (name), a biblical given name and family name
- Jacob, a biblical patriarch who was later given the name of Israel
- Twelve Tribes of Israel, individual tribes descended from the 12 sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible
- Israelites, the confederated Twelve Tribes of Israel during the Iron Age
- Jews, an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Hebrews/Israelites
- Samaritans, an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Hebrews/Israelites
Music
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