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plural Israelis
A person from Israel or of Israeli descent. examples
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Of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people. examples
The modern Hebrew language. quotations examples
Thus, when most native Israeli-speakers speak Israeli, their intonation is much more similar to that of Yiddish, the mother tongue of most revivalists, than to that of Arabic or any other language belonging to the Semitic branch […]
2010, Joshua A. Fishman, Ofelia García, Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity, volume 2, page 73