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The '''State of Israel''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל''', ''Medinat Yisra'el'' from ''' יִשְׂרָאֵל''' ''Yisra'el'', "Struggled with God") is a nation located in the [[Middle East]]. It is the world's only Jewish state, having emerged from [[Zionism]] in Europe and the U.S. in the 1880s-1940s. It grants citizenship to anybody considered to be [[Jewish]] <font size=1>(including Jews not by ethnicity but by conversion)</font>, although this does not apply to anyone suspected or convicted of serious crimes or who the state otherwise considers a serious threat to its welfare. It also contains Arab Muslim and Arab Christian minorities who are remnants of the pre-1948 Arab majority, along with a small [[Druze]] community.  It is the location of most Biblical events.

The '''State of Israel''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל''', ''Medinat Yisra'el'' from ''' יִשְׂרָאֵל''' ''Yisra'el'', "Struggled with God") is a nation located in the [[Middle East]]. It is the world's only Jewish state, having emerged from [[Zionism]] in Europe and the U.S. in the 1880s-1940s. It grants citizenship to anybody considered to be [[Jewish]] <font size=1>(including Jews not by ethnicity but by conversion)</font>, although this does not apply to anyone suspected or convicted of serious crimes or who the state otherwise considers a serious threat to its welfare. It also contains Arab Muslim and Arab (growing<ref>Christian Population in Israel Grew by 1.4% in 2020." By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The growth rate of the Christian population in Israel over the years is constant and is always on the rise, the numbers show. For comparison, the growth rate in the Jewish population was 1.5% and in the Muslim population 2.2%.</blockquote></ref>) Christian minorities who are remnants of the pre-1948 Arab majority, along with a small [[Druze]] community.  It is the location of most Biblical events.

It is the original historical homeland of the Jews.<ref>[https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/jews-aboriginals-make-powerful-team/ Jews and aboriginals make a powerful team - The Canadian Jewish News], Jan 26, 2015 <br>— As Irwin Cotler is fond of saying “Jews were the aboriginal people of Israel.”...</ref><ref>Ryan Bellerose,  "[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/bellerose-aboriginal-people Are Jews Indigenous to the Land of Israel? Yes.]" Tablet Mag. Feb 8, 2017.

It is the original historical homeland of the Jews.<ref>[https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/jews-aboriginals-make-powerful-team/ Jews and aboriginals make a powerful team - The Canadian Jewish News], Jan 26, 2015 <br>— As Irwin Cotler is fond of saying “Jews were the aboriginal people of Israel.”...</ref><ref>Ryan Bellerose,  "[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/bellerose-aboriginal-people Are Jews Indigenous to the Land of Israel? Yes.]" Tablet Mag. Feb 8, 2017.