Definition of israel Israel

/ɪˈzɹiʌl/ - [izreeul] - Is•ra•el

We found 4 definitions of israel from 4 different sources.

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israel - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
		State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion
		middle east, mideast, near east the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
		accho, akka, akko, acre a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
		west bank an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians
		galilee an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry
		gaza, gaza strip a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt; "he is a Palestinian from Gaza"
		golan, golan heights a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel"
		capital of israel, jerusalem capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
		caesarea an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
		sodom (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
		gomorrah, gomorrha (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants
		tel aviv, tel aviv-jaffa, tel aviv-yalo the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
		haifa, hefa a major port in northwestern Israel
		negev, negev desert a desert in southern Israel
		dead sea a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
		mount carmel a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast; "according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel"

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israel
A country in Southwest Asia, with capital Jerusalem.

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The State of Israel is a country in the Middle East. Most of the citizens of Israel are Jewish, with a large Arab minority who are Muslims or Christians. The country was established in the Palestine Mandate, which was a region looked after by the British on behalf of the United Nations.

Israel is on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It shares borders with Lebanon and Syria on the north, Jordan on the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also controls territory in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank of the Jordan River. It shares the coastlines of the Mediterranean, the Aqaba, the Dead Sea, and the Sea of Galilee.

The story of the State of Israel does not begin in 1948. Canaanites are the first people known to have lived in the area. 3000 years ago the biblical kingdoms of Saul, David and Solomon existed. When the Temple (of King Solomon) in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans, most of the Jewish people were forced to live in other countries. This dispersal is called the Diaspora.

Since the Diaspora, there have been many attempts to make a homeland for the Jewish people. In the 1880s, this wish for the nation became a movement called Zionism. Jews from all over the world began to come to the area and settled in desert zones, then governed by the Turkish and later by the British Governments. World War II and the Holocaust killed millions of Jews in Europe.

The mass migration of Jews into Israel primarily from Europe and Russia led to occupation of Palestinian lan