Israeli
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Israelis,
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Israeli
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Etymology
Origin of Israeli
First recorded in 1945–50; from Hebrew yisrāʿēlī, equivalent to Yisrā'ēl + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin; see origin at Israel
Example Sentences
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Laconic Israeli commentator Itamar Eichner wrote the next morning that “Jerusalem had prepared for rain, but what arrived yesterday was a full-blown storm.”
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Another possibility: He could be among the corpses of 1,700 Palestinians — most of them from Gaza — being held by Israel, according to Israeli media reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Under the Lebanon-Israel framework, Hezbollah is expected to disarm, Israeli forces to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon and the Lebanese army to deploy across the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
A small group of demonstrators waving Palestinian flags awaited Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar when he visited Fiji earlier this year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
At the entrance to the center fluttered a large blue-and-white flag like the one the Israeli soldiers carried when they came to train by our home.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
In March, the military reported that a border police officer was injured and a security vehicle was damaged during an attack by a group of Israelis in the West Bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Despite that, the number of Israelis living there has grown over the years.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
After Kadim and the three other settlements here were evacuated in 2005, Israelis were banned from settling in this area.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Aya Lewkowicz, a member of the Pink Front activist movement who came from overwhelmingly secular Tel Aviv to help protect the Jerusalem cafe, said Israelis should choose for themselves how to observe Shabbat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We will have Turks and Germans,” Mr. Pomodoro says, “Iraqis and French, Russians and Chinese, Swiss and Dutch, Koreans and Brazilians, Israelis and Swedes, et cetera!”
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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