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  Palestinian people

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  Israeli Jew

  Israeli Jews, also known as Jewish Israelis, can refer to: Israeli Jews are found mostly in Israel and Western world countries, as well as many other countries worldwide, not necessarily only in Jewish communities. Israeli Jews mostly speak Hebrew and most practice Judaism in some form. Israel, the...
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  Argentinian Jews

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  Israeli American

  Israeli Americans (Hebrew: ישראלים אמריקאיים‎) are Americans of Israeli descent. According to the 2000 census, there were 106,839 people of Israeli ancestry in the United States. Since the declaration of the state of Israel and until today many Israelis emigrated to the United States. According to...

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