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Over the past three thousand years, the name "Israel" has meant in common and religious usage both the Land of Israel and the entire Jewish nation. The name originated from a verse in the Bible (Genesis, 32:28) where Jacob is renamed Israel (possibly śara + el or struggle with God) after successfully wrestling with an angel of God.[14] Commentators differ on the meaning of the name. Some say the name comes from the verb śarar ("to rule, be strong, have authority over"), thereby making the name mean "God rules" or "God judges".[15] Other possible meanings include "the prince of God" (from the King James Version of the Bible) or "El fights/struggles".[16] Regardless of the precise meaning of the name, the biblical nation fathered by Jacob ... became the "Children of Israel" or the "Israelites".
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Israeli consul Yitschak Ben Gad is ... trying to encourage Americans to do business in Israel. "Israel is today is talking business," he said, experiencing 4% economic growth in the past year. "The commitment of new Palestinian leader Abbas is to stop terror and this creates an atmosphere for hope. It is a very good time to invest in Israel."
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The Fellowship, which works to promote understanding and cooperation between Christians and Jews and to build support for Israel and the Jewish people, made the presentations during the January 7 "Night to Honor Israel," held at the Word of Faith Center. The award from the pro-Israel group and its founder and president, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, cites Hagee's and Butler's outstanding support, leadership, and dedication to Israel. Continue
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The word designates the descendants of the Patriarch Jacob, or Israel. It corresponds to the Hebrew appellation "children of Israel", a name by which -- together with the simple form "Israel" -- the chosen people usually called themselves in Old-Testament times. Foreigners and Israelites speaking of themselves to foreigners used the term "Hebrews", commonly explained as denoting those who have come from "the other side" of the river (the Euphrates). Another synonym for Israelites is the term Jews (Ioudaioi), especially used by classical authors, but ... often found in Josephus and in the New-Testament writings. The object of the present article is distinctly geographical and ethnographical, leaving, as far as possible, the other topics connected with the Israelites to be dealt with in the article on JEWS AND JUDAISM, or in particular articles on the leading personages or events in Israel's history.
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Since 1989, nearly a million immigrants from the former Soviet Union have arrived in Israel, making this the largest wave of immigration since independence. In addition, almost 50,000 members of the Ethiopian Jewish community have immigrated to Israel, 14,000 of them during the dramatic May 1991 Operation Solomon airlift. 35.3% of Israelis were born outside of Israel.
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A simple definition could be, "Zionism supports the return, or the various returns, of the Jewish people to Zion, to the land of Israel; to the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants forever." These promises appear often in the Scripture, but we find the first reference in Genesis 12:1-3; enlarged by Genesis 15:7: "God said unto Abraham, I am the Lord who brought you out of the land of Ur of the Chaldees to give this land to you to inherit it." Continue
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