What people are also known as Israelites?

Answer 1

Hebrew people are also known as Israelites, because of the biblical tradition that they were descended from the patriarch Israel.

In later times, the Hebrew people of the Babylonian Exile were known as Jews. However, the population of the northern kingdom of Israel had already been assimilated into other Near Eastern cultures and had lost their ethnic identity as Hebrews or Israelites. Conversely, not all modern Jews are descended from the ancient Hebrews.

Answer 2

"Israelites" refers to the people down to about 2600 years ago. "Jews" refers to the people from Second Temple times onward, because after the Assyrian conquest the remaining Israelites were (and are) mostly from the Israelite tribe of Judah.

Answer 3

Jews. "Israelites" refers to the people from the time of Jacob, since Jacob was given that name by God (Genesis ch.35), and it is considered a national title; one of honor. The name of "Israelites" applies until the Assyrian conquest (133 years before the destruction of the First Temple), some 2600 years ago.

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"Jews" refers to the same people, from the end of First Temple times up to this day, because after the Assyrian conquest the Israelites who remained in the land were (and are) mostly from the Israelite tribe of Judah, and the land was then called Judea. But both of the above terms are occasionally interchanged.