Israel (disambiguation)
Appearance
(Redirected from Nation of Israel)
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
- 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
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)