I want to know the answer to the following question:
Which group originated as a national and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The Merneptah Stele appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel, associated with the god El, somewhere in Canaan as far back as the 13th century BCE.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no