"Israel" is a song recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1980. The track was written by the Banshees and co-produced with Nigel Gray. "Israel" returned the band to a more rock-oriented sound.

The song was released as a stand-alone single in between the Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope (Siouxsie album)

Kaleidoscope is the third studio album by English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1980. Following the departure of two band members, the band regrouped and redirected their sound for their third record. Departing from their previous work, the Banshees incorporated synthesizers...

and Juju albums and peaked at number forty-one in the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. "Israel" did not appear on a Siouxsie and the Banshees album until the release of the Once Upon a Time: The Singles

Once Upon a Time: The Singles

Once Upon a Time: The Singles is Siouxsie and the Banshees's 1981 compilation album featuring the band's UK single releases to date. The album featured several songs that had been released as singles yet had not appeared on any of the Banshees' four albums.In 2002, Q Magazine named Once Upon A...

compilation, although some copies of the U.S. release of Juju

Juju (Siouxsie & the Banshees album)

Juju is the fourth studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees and was released in June 1981 through Polydor Records. After a slightly electronic bent made on a few tracks of their last album, the Banshees returned to a guitar-based sound for Juju, due to the now-official guitarist, John McGeoch...

on PVC Records included a free copy of this single.

It was remastered in 2002 for The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees compilation and it also featured in the bonus tracks of the 2006 Kaleidoscope reissue.

"Israel" was later covered by Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague (band)

Nouvelle Vague is a French musical collective led by musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. Their name is a play on words, meaning "new wave" in French, and "bossa nova" in Portuguese...

 on their Bande à Part album.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.K. Singles Chart	41
U.S. Club Play Singles	73