The Government of Israel has notified the British Foreign Office that henceforth in all official documents the term “Israel” will be used as an adjective as well as a noun, as in “Israel troops” or “Israel borders.” The term “Israeli” will be used only as a noun to describe citizens of the Jewish state, the Foreign Office was told.
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