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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

• Kingdom of Israel (disambiguation)
  • Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) (c. 1047 BCE–930 BCE), the first Israelite kingdom which united the Twelve Tribes of Israel under a single monarch
    • Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (c. 930 BCE–720 BCE), the northern Israelite kingdom established after the breakup of the United Monarchy
    • Kingdom of Judah (c. 930 BCE–586 BCE), the southern Israelite kingdom established after the breakup of the United Monarchy

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

• 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
• "Israel", a song by British singer Morrissey from his 2017 album Low in High School
• Israel Vibration, a Jamaican reggae group

See also

• Israeli (disambiguation)
• Israelite (disambiguation)
• Izrael (disambiguation)
• Azrael (disambiguation), the angel of death in Islam and some traditions of Judaism
• Palestine (disambiguation)
• The Twelve Tribes (disambiguation)