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Israel

Meaning

From the Hebrew name יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra'el) meaning "God contended". In the Old Testament Israel (who

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Name Personality

Based on famous people named Israel and cultural associations, this name tends to be associated with:

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Leadership
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Spirituality
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Courage
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Creativity
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Intelligence

Famous People Named Israel

Israel Shahak

Israel Shahak (; born Israel Himmelstaub, 28 April 1933 – 2 July 2001) was an Israeli professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor, an intellectual of.

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Israel Salanter

Yisrael ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin, also known as "Israel Salanter" or "Yisroel Salanter" (November 3, 1809, Zhagory – February 2, 1883, Königsberg), was the father of the Musar movement in Orthodox.

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Israel and weapons of mass destruction

Israel is widely believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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Israel Shamir

Israel Shamir (Russian: Исраэль Шамир, ; born 1947 or 1948), also known by the names Robert David, Vassili Krasevsky, Jöran JermasAssange's Extremist EmployeesReason Magazine, Michael C.

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Israel Hanukoglu

Israel Hanukoglu () is a Turkish-born Israeli scientist.

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Israel in Other Languages

Biblical GreekIsrael
Biblical LatinIsrahel
BiblicalIsrael
EnglishIssy
EnglishIzzy

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