Israelite
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Israelite is a term used to refer to people from Israel, especially when talking about Biblical times. It usually refers to a member of one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Nowadays, a person from the country of Israel is called an Israeli. Israelites lived in the kingdom of Israel, near where the nation of Israel is now. Israel split off from a kingdom called Judah, whose members were called Jews, but were still Israelites. Israel was conquered by the Babylonians in 721 BC. Judah was conquered by the Babylonians in 587 BCE, which started the Diaspora, or spreading, of the Jews.
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