The May 1948 Declaration that restored modern Israel named it "Medinat Yisrael" in Hebrew, or 'State/Region/Nation/Province of Israel', usually rendered in English as 'State'.
The name "Israel" first appears in the Bible as the name given by God to the patriarch Jacob after his struggle with the angel Israel means Struggler of/with God Afterwards Jacob's descendants are...
in israel they call israel "the state of israel" - "medinat israel" (should be read as israel and not as izrael. the s should sound like the s in mass)