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Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.It is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [21]
The term "Land of Israel" is a direct translation of the Hebrew phrase ארץ ישראל (Eretz Yisrael), which occasionally occurs in the Bible, [12] and is first mentioned in the Tanakh in 1 Samuel 13:19, following the Exodus, when the Israelite tribes were already in the Land of Canaan. [13]
Yisrael Beiteinu (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, lit. 'Israel Our Home') is a conservative [ 18 ] political party in Israel , generally classified as far-right . The party's base was originally secular Russian-speaking immigrants , [ 19 ] although support from that demographic is in decline. [ 20 ]
Yisrael Hasson (Hebrew: ישראל חסון, born 27 April 1955) is an Israeli politician and former Deputy Director of Shin Bet. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and Kadima between 2006 and 2014, before becoming Chairman of the Israel Antiquities Authority .
The name of Israel first appears in the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt, dated to about 1200 BCE. [8] Modern scholarship considers that the Israelites emerged from groups of indigenous Canaanites and other peoples.
Shema Yisrael (Shema Israel or Sh'ma Yisrael; Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl, "Hear, O Israel") is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.
Greater Israel (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל השלמה, Eretz Yisrael Hashlema) is an expression with several different biblical and political meanings over time. It is often used, in an irredentist fashion, to refer to the historic or desired borders of Israel.
Yisrael Campbell (born Christopher Campbell) is a Philadelphia-born Israeli comedian. [1] [2] [3] Biography. Campbell, who is of Irish and Italian descent, grew up ...