The word “Israel+i” was invented in 1948 and they were copying from Middle Eastern nationality names like Yemeni, Iraqi, Saudi, and the i-suffix is Arabic. The European Jews hate to identify with Europe but they love being identified as Middle Eastern. But that is as bizarre as Nigerians wanting to identify as Norwegians. The bottom line is that the European Jews are completely alien to the Middle East and they have absolutely nothing in common with the people of the Middle East. But it was the ridiculous claim that these Europeans were the Hebrews returning home to Palestine that helped them to grab Palestine!