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The following is a list of flags of Israel.
[edit] National flag and State flag
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1948—Present |
State flag and National flag |
The design recalls the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The hexagram in the centre is the Magen David ("shield of David"). Dimensions: 8:11 |
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1948—Present |
Civil ensign |
Blue flag with a white vertically elongated oval set near the hoist containing an also vertically elongated blue Magen David. Dimensions: 2:3 |
[edit] Governmental flags
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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?—Present |
Presidential standard |
The flag is square, silver bordered banner of the state's arms, dark blue, silver menorah (seven-armed candlestick), olive branches and the name of state beneath. Dimensions: 7:8 |
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?—Present |
Presidential standard (at sea) |
Presidential standard with the border in yellow. |
[edit] Military flags
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
|
1948—Present |
Military flag |
Identical with the National flag. Dimensions: 8:11 |
|
1949—Present |
Israeli Defense Forces |
Light blue defaced standard with the IDF emblem; and with the national flag in the canton. 8:11 ratio including the fringe |
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1948—Present |
Naval ensign |
The flag is used by Israeli Navy, being a blue flag with white triangle at hoist and blue Magen David in it. Proportions are 2:3. |
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1991—Present |
Air force flag |
Light blue flag with thin stripes, near top and bottom (closer to the edges than on the national flag), white with dark blue borders. In the center, the air force roundel but with points touching disc edges and a dark blue border. |
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?—Present |
Army (Land Arm) Flag |
5 diagonal stripes, orange-red/white/green/black/orange-red, of proportions 2/1/5/1/2. In the center of the red stripe is a white-bordered gold disk, containing 4 semicircles of green, orange, black and orange-red. Superimposed over them is an upright black-outlined white bayonet blade, partially enclosed on its right by an olive branch, also in black-outlined white. |
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1992—Present |
Homefront Command (Pikud HaOref) |
Diagonally divided blue and orange. The colours of the homefront command are the same to those appearing in its emblem. |
[edit] Municipal flags
[edit] See also
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