Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

is a country in Western Asia. Israel may also refer to:

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* 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 Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...

, the land in the southern Levant that was promised by God to Abraham and his descendants (the Hebrews/Israelites) in Judaism and Christianity **

Judea Judea or Judaea ( or ; from he, יהודה, Standard ''Yəhūda'', Tiberian ''Yehūḏā''; el, Ἰουδαία, ; la, Iūdaea) is an ancient, historic, Biblical Hebrew, contemporaneous Latin, and the modern-day name of the mountainous sou ...

/Judaea, occasionally referred to as Israel, as it is known in the Bible in Maccabees, the Gospels, and Acts

Polities

* Kingdom of Israel (disambiguation), which, among the other historical polities of ancient Israel and Judah, may specifically refer to: **

Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) The United Monarchy () in the Hebrew Bible refers to Israel and Judah under the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon. It is traditionally dated to have lasted between and . According to the biblical account, on the succession of Solomon's son ...

(), the first Israelite kingdom which united the Twelve Tribes of Israel under a single monarch *** Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (), the northern Israelite kingdom established after the breakup of the United Monarchy ***

Kingdom of Judah The Kingdom of Judah ( he, , ''Yəhūdā''; akk, 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 ''Ya'údâ'' 'ia-ú-da-a-a'' arc, 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤃𐤅𐤃 ''Bēyt Dāwīḏ'', " House of David") was an Israelite kingdom of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. C ...

(), the southern Israelite kingdom established after the breakup of the United Monarchy

People

Israelis Israelis ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵלִים‎, translit=Yīśrāʾēlīm; ar, الإسرائيليين, translit=al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. The country's populace is composed primarily of Je ...

, the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel *

Israel (name) Israel () is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob was given the name ''Israel'' after he wrestled with the angel ( and 35:10). The given name is already attested in Eblaite (𒅖𒊏𒅋, ''išrail'') ...

, a biblical given name and family name *

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

, a biblical patriarch who was later given the name of Israel **

Twelve Tribes of Israel The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( he, שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, translit=Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit=Tribes of Israel) are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, thro ...

, individual tribes descended from the 12 sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible **

Israelites The Israelites (; , , ) were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan. The earliest recorded evidence of a people by the name of Israel appears in the Merneptah Stele o ...

, the confederated Twelve Tribes of Israel during the Iron Age ***

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Hebrews/Israelites *** Samaritans, an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Hebrews/Israelites

Music

* ''Israel'' (album), a 1968 studio album by American musicians Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson * "Israel" (Bee Gees song), a 1972 single by the British music group Bee Gees * "Israel" (composition), a 1949 composition by American musician John Carisi * "Israel" (Siouxsie and the Banshees song), a 1980 single by the British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees * "Israel", a song by

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russ ...

* "Israel", a song by British singer Morrissey from his 2017 album '' Low in High School''

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