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The official name of Israel is "Medinat Yisrael" or the State of Israel. It was decided by David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel. The Name Israel comes from The Bible, and was the name given to Jacob by God in Genesis 32:24-28.
In the Bible, it is the name given by God to Jacob. On May 14th 1948, the Jewish Agency proclaimed independence of Palestine and renamed it Israel.

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