Israeli
noun
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
Israelis
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pluralof Israeli.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fast on the heels of Tuesday’s mind-blowing American midterm elections, Israelis are forming a new government that seems hardly less astonishing—a ruling body for the Jewish state that includes Israeli Arabs.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
Americans and Israelis are conjoined by history, for better or worse, and now see each other as distorted reflections, through a glass darkly, as the King James Bible puts it.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Hundreds of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday to urge the opposition to ally with Arab parties to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has gone on the offensive against the minority group's leaders.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
That has Israelis waiting to see what may come next with Tehran, particularly after missile fire repeatedly targeted the country in recent rounds of fighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
