Israel, the nation of the indigenous Hebrews aka Jews aka Israelis aka Zionists. Israel is also called
Zion.
Zion appears in the Old Testament 152 times as a title of Jerusalem; over half of these occurrences appear in two books, the Book of Isaiah (46 times) and that of Psalms (38 times). It appears
seven times in the New Testament and five times in quotations from the Old Testament. Israel existed thousands of years before Romans invaded and colonized the indigenous Hebrews and renamed the area Syria-Palestina. Jesus, a Jew was born in Judea before the area was renamed by the Romans. Jews have maintained a presence in Israel for thousands or years.
Approximately 1400 years ago, in the
7'th century, the invading
Muslim Arabs from Arabia, their indigenous home, began persecuting and murdering Jews and Christians to try to colonize
Palestine. Nonetheless, Jews have lived on the land of Israel without interruption for thousands of years.
The name of Israel was restored to the indigenous Jewish homeland by decree of the United Nations on May 15, 1948 when Israel was declared he only Jewish nation on planet Earth. At that time, the West Bank was administered by
Jordan through 1967 and Egypt administered the Gaza Strip.
Israel yearns for
peace with its
Muslim, Arab neighbors.
Israel is the national Jewish homeland.
The citizens of Israel have made many advances in agriculture and
technology
The citizens of Israel yearn for
peace and neighbors that do not seek to
destroy her