God promised it to them (Genesis ch.28).
The name "Israel" originally comes from Jacob (which was added to his first name) The country, and the Jews (Jacobs descendants) are therfore called Israel, and Israel's sons.
Israel is the homeland of the Jews. The word Israel also refers to all the Jews in the world.
41% of all Jews live in israel
Out of approximately 76 percent of the Jews in Israel, roughly 67 were born in Israel.
Good question! In Israel, only Orthodox Jews can perform conversions.
The first Jew, Abraham came from Canaan (now Israel). Jews then were in Egypt as slaves during the reign of Ramses. Moses 'delivered' the Israellites and lead the Jews to a 40 year journey through the Sinai to Israel.
Many Jews consider Israel to be their homeland.
They first called it Canaan, then the Land of Israel, then Israel & Judea, then it was united back to Israel, then The Romans renamed it Palestine, then the Modern Jews named it the State of Israel.
Jews, since Israel is 75% Jewish.
At present, there are 6 million Jews in Israel and 8 million Jews elsewhere.
There are Jews all over the world. The one who live in Israel are Israeli Jews, like those in the U.S called American Jews.
Israel is a country of Jews.