Serial is about people in Tel Aviv (8)

I believe the answer is:

israelis

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'people in tel aviv' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'serial is about' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'serial'+'is'='serialis'
'serialis' anagrammed gives 'ISRAELIS'.

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(Other definitions for israelis that I've seen before include "'They live in Tel Aviv, say (8)'" , "Nationality of citizens of Jerusalem" , "They might live in Tel Aviv, say" , "Middle-Easterners?" , "people from the Med?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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