: of or relating to the people or the republic of Israel
Examples of Israeli in a Sentence
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Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since then, according to Gaza health authorities.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Democrats have become increasingly critical of how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prosecuting the war, which started after terrorists killed 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages last October.
—USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
The field hospital was created after Israeli civilian hospitals declined to admit Gazan detainees or terror suspects, according to a report from the non-profit organization Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
The body of another Israeli hostage has been recovered from the Gaza Strip and returned to Israel overnight Friday.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
According to the Israeli government, about 1,200 Israelis were killed during the Oct. 7 attacks.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
The only official way to cross the Rafah border, the sole crossing point between Egypt and the occupied territories, is with Israeli approval.
—TIME, 25 Mar. 2024
The deal would release around 700 Palestinian prisoners — including 100 serving life sentences for killing Israeli nationals — in exchange for the release of 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, according to a CNN analyst Barak Ravid.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
Thania Garcia, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Later, it was announced that the incident was under investigation by the Israeli Justice Ministry’s Department of Internal Police Investigations.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Across the Gaza Strip, the severe shortages of food and other basic goods come amid Israeli’s bombardment and a near-total blockade.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
There are other police departments around the country that also train with Israeli Defense Forces [IDF].
—Essence, 12 Mar. 2024
Around three-quarters of Jewish respondents are in favor of expanding military operations into Rafah, according to a new poll by the Israeli Democracy Institute.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
Two women, Emirati and Israeli, posed for a photograph holding hands atop a skyscraper in Dubai.
—Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The report showed forces from the Israeli Engineering Corps operating tractors, trucks and engineering tools.
—Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
In March 2019 my father spent eleven days in Israel and the West Bank for a trip organized by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
Adjective
In March, Blinken and Israeli leaders again confronted each other in Tel Aviv about the future of the war.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since then, according to Gaza health authorities.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Democrats have become increasingly critical of how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prosecuting the war, which started after terrorists killed 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages last October.
—USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
The field hospital was created after Israeli civilian hospitals declined to admit Gazan detainees or terror suspects, according to a report from the non-profit organization Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
The body of another Israeli hostage has been recovered from the Gaza Strip and returned to Israel overnight Friday.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
According to the Israeli government, about 1,200 Israelis were killed during the Oct. 7 attacks.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
The only official way to cross the Rafah border, the sole crossing point between Egypt and the occupied territories, is with Israeli approval.
—TIME, 25 Mar. 2024
The deal would release around 700 Palestinian prisoners — including 100 serving life sentences for killing Israeli nationals — in exchange for the release of 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, according to a CNN analyst Barak Ravid.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
Noun
Rostrum Pacific has recently added indie hip-hop distributor and e-commerce retailer Fat Beats to its lineup and hired two former Universal Music Group execs — Kevin Engler and Bobby Israeli — to help steer the company.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Later, it was announced that the incident was under investigation by the Israeli Justice Ministry’s Department of Internal Police Investigations.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Across the Gaza Strip, the severe shortages of food and other basic goods come amid Israeli’s bombardment and a near-total blockade.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
There are other police departments around the country that also train with Israeli Defense Forces [IDF].
—Essence, 12 Mar. 2024
Around three-quarters of Jewish respondents are in favor of expanding military operations into Rafah, according to a new poll by the Israeli Democracy Institute.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
Two women, Emirati and Israeli, posed for a photograph holding hands atop a skyscraper in Dubai.
—Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The report showed forces from the Israeli Engineering Corps operating tractors, trucks and engineering tools.
—Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
In March 2019 my father spent eleven days in Israel and the West Bank for a trip organized by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
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Israeli
adjective
Is·rae·li
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: of, relating to, or characteristic of the republic of Israel or its people
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