Difference between a Jew and an Israeli

[Zainab_M]

If you talk to Europeans and North Americans on this topic, almost all of them will say "Israel is the country , jew is the race and hebrew is the script and language."  This is gross misinformation and a doctored definition to defend the 19th century European  Ashenazi "Jews" and their Zionist ideology.  Truthfully and historically, this statement is rubbish.
 
"Israel" was never the name of a country in the first place. Israel was a tribe. The concept of naming that big chunk of the Holy Land as "Israel" is only a part of a political plan created in modern times, having its own motives and hidden agenda.  The various versions of the Old & New Testaments have been systematically altered accordingly.  As we know, the Chirsitan and Hebrew Bibles are "updated" to suit the political & social climates more frequently than Microsoft softwares. 
 
 
Starting from the time of Prophet Moses (pbuh) with the authentic and unaltered information in the Quran,  God Almighty commanded Moses to take his people away from Egypt to another land where they could lead their lives in peace & tranquility with the locals of that land.   Allah did NOT tell Moses nor to any other Prophet who came after Moses to invade that land nor to turn out its indigenous people who were already living there.   
 
But, to cut a long story short, after entering that land the Hebrews got engaged in power struggle and did not live peacefully.  This episode of history is long and complicated, and made worse by the calculated falseshoods, gossips and 'chinese whispers' of the altered Old and New Testaments.
 
Also careful while looking for ancient maps of the Holy Land through online search engines.  Massive bungling has been done to distort these maps year after year to justify the creation of the Jewish state.
 
As mentioned, Israel was never a country.  It was a large tribe in Egypt working as slaves of the Pharoahs.  Their language was called 'Hebrew' and their ethnicity was known as the "Hebrew" race.  The tribe of Israel was divided into several clans.  One of these clans was called Judah.  When the tribe of Israel (referred in the Noble Quran as "Children of Israel" or Bani Israeel) left Egypt with Prophet Moses and went to the land of the Philistines (now called Palestine), these different Israeli clans gradually disintegrated and set up their own kingdoms scattered across this land.  There was a lot of infighting between these clans. 
 
Judah was the biggest clan of the Israeli tribe.  Judah had established the largest kingdom in a portion of Philistine which it called "Judea."   The term "Jew" is derived from "Judah."
 
The tribe of Israel (inclusive of its various small clans) had also set up its kingdom in another portion or province of Philistine which it called "Israel."   Thus, Israel and Judah were the two rival kingdoms in the Holy Land, each of them originating from the names of their tribe and clan, respectively.
 
Hence, in the ancient times, all Jews were called Israelis but all Israelis were not called Jews because Israel was a tribe (not a country) with several clans .. and Judah (of Jews) was only one of them.
 
To conclude, in a nutshell:
 
- Israel was the tribe,
- Judah was the clan and its people were called Jews,
- and Hebrew was the race and language of the entire tribe of Israel.
 


Also check our posts:


- Judea & Samaria
- Course of Bani Israel

- term Israel in the Noble Quran

- The Quran does NOT say that Palestine belongs to the Jews
-  Old Khazarian Empire, the hidden history

[Heba E. Husseyn]

Excellent info, sis.  I didn't know this.  It was most useful education for me.

[N. Truth Seeker]

Brilliant write-up.  All Jews are Israelis but not all Israelis are Jews.  Only the Judans (from the clan of Judah) are Jews.  I'm sure the descendents of the khazar tribe who have today occupied Palestine don't know about this.  The khazars know very little or nothing about the Arab world.

Real good work.  Thanks sister!