1948 creation (6 letters)

{ Answer }

ISRAEL

{ Related Clues }

Acre's acres?
Begin's concern
Begin's homeland
Galilee's locale
Handel's "___ in Egypt"
Knesset's domain
Lebanon neighbor
Masada's location
Neighbor of Lebanon
Saul's kingdom
Site of Beersheba
Where Acre is
Zionist's homeland
David, "the sweet psalmist of ___"
Hebrew for "contender with God"
Jerusalem is its capital
Judean Plateau locale
Last word in the Torah
Middle Eastern country
Natalie Portman's birthplace
Republic since 1948
Tel Aviv's land
Where Jehu ruled
Where Mount Tabor is
Where to see a kibbutz
Hebrew for "one who wrestles with God"
The last word of "The First Noel"
Winner of the Yom Kippur War
Jacob's other name: Gen. 32:28

{ Tags }

acres, avivs, baline, begins, berlin, creation, david, descendants, irving, israel, jacob, land, last, neighbor, psalmist, republic, since, sweet, where, word, 1948

{ Notes }

The answer ISRAEL is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ISRAEL as a noun:

1. (Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion) = Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine

2. an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC