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Figs, grapes, pomegranates and dates are about the only truly native Israeli fruits. oranges, those mainstays of Israeli export, were brought by earlier travelers and settlers; and sabras, the prickly pears whose name is synonymous with native Israelis, are not in the least indigenous.

—The Jew and the Carrot

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Figs, grapes, pomegranates and dates are about the only truly native Israeli fruits. oranges, those mainstays of Israeli export, were brought by earlier travelers and settlers; and sabras, the prickly pears whose name is synonymous with native Israelis, are not in the least indigenous. — The Jew and the Carrot
There are two distinct religious dating scenes in Jerusalem: the sabras and the English speakers. — English-writing Israeli-bloggers
Compare the neurotic Jews of the West with the tough home-grown Jews (called "sabras": cactus) of Israel. — Muti
You have black Jews from Ethiopia, blond ones from Russia and sabras (named after a prickly pear native to Palestine) or native born Jews who are not much different from the Arabs. — Desicritics
The photos are about Israeli identity: the people in the pictures are native-born sabras yet they appear as aliens in their surroundings. — ISRAELITY