Nation vs State of Israel

Submitted by sara (United States), Jul 30, 2012 at 16:39

As far as this issue of Nation vs. State, it is interesting to note that in Hebrew, the words for Nation and State of Israel are one and the same- Am Yisrael. The word Am implies a people, a country, a nation, and a state, all in one. So using the term Am Yisrael one could be referring to the Jewish People or to the State of Israel, it's pretty much all the same.

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