2007-09-08 07:22:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No one's answered this convincingly or even addressed the question yet. It's just about the form of the word for the nationality. Who decided this, and when?
2007-09-10 03:59:32 · update #1
Israelis live ins israel
Israelits (or ephraimits) where citizens of the kingdom of israel, also called kingdom of the north ou kingdom of ephraim
They belong to the 10 tribes wich made secession with the kingdom of juda after the death of Salomon.
They has been disperded after Salmanasar III invaded the country.
They are ancestors of the russian and polish jews and they carryu the curses of Eliahou
2007-09-13 04:44:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Israelites were a Semitic tribe named after Israel, the eldest son of Jacob. There were other lesser tribes named after the other sons, which came to be known as the 12 tribes of Israel. Jacob stole the birthright from his elder brother Esau.
There's a pattern emerging here!
Present day Israel, which geographically has little in common with the 'Promised Land' was created, mainly by the British and the USA after the Holocaust as a homeland for displaced Jews. I sometimes wonder just how Semitic today's Israelis are.
2007-09-09 03:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The state of Israel was only only formed in 1949,Israelite was a name originally given to a follower of Jacob/Israel.As far as I am concerned Israeli's are born in the area of Israel
2007-09-11 16:18:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Israelite are the citizens of the Kingdom of Israel before the they were persecuted by Christian nations. Later when they were in exile from the Holy Roman Empire, they were forced to migrate to other countries were they retained their religion but not their nationality. in 1949, after gaining military strength most of those who survived WWII returned to Palestine to recover and re-establish Israel. Thus the name Israeli was born.
2007-09-15 02:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by Antonio Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The state of Israel started off as a nonreligious state;Witness the lack of Religious enthusiasm of it's leaders.None of them are Solomon's or a King David.Occasionally you can find very wicked Israeli's like the evil Kings in the book of Kings,but I can't say that Israel's politicians are outstandingly good or outstandingly bad.However being a young country they are all patriotic to the point of jingoism.
2007-09-08 17:34:35 · answer #5 · answered by godbar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Isaelites is more of in a historial sense while the Israelis indicate the modern state and people within it. Which brings another question, can or should an Arab, American, German or anyone else of foriegn extraction be termed an Israili?
2007-09-08 14:56:13 · answer #6 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language changes over time. Israelite was the 16th century English word for "a person of or from Israel."
And "England" itself is a modern version of "Angle-land."
2007-09-14 19:31:52 · answer #7 · answered by marguerite L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isralites were given the country by god, Israelis just stole it off the palestinians.
2007-09-08 16:48:14 · answer #8 · answered by The Book Garden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats pretty easy because not every one lived there are Israells people are from different country so if you are an american living in Israel you are a citizen of israel and thats it; you are just living there and that does make you an israels. peace out.
2007-09-08 15:32:15 · answer #9 · answered by Rosalinda 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
isralites (in the bible) are people who fought for israel but i think israelis are just citizens
im pretty sure anyway
2007-09-08 14:37:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋