List of flags of Israel
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The following is a list of Israeli flags.
National flag and state flag
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File:Flag of Israel.svg | rowspan="2" | 1948–present | Israel 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", also known in the diaspora as the "Star of David"). Dimensions: 8:11 |
File:Civil Ensign of Israel.svg | Israel civil ensign | Blue flag with a white vertically elongated oval set near the hoist containing a vertically elongated blue Magen David. Dimensions: 2:3 |
Governmental flags
Military and police flags
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File:Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg | 1949–present | Israeli Defense Forces (Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra'el) flag | Light blue defaced standard with the IDF emblem; and with the national flag in the canton. 8:11 ratio including the fringe |
File:Flag of IDF Chief of Staff.svg | rowspan="2" | ?–present | IDF Chief of Staff flag | A red field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Armed forces emblem (erected sword on olive branch, on two horizontal wings, on one bent anchor, surrounded by a garland of palms) in the fly |
File:Flag of IDF Chief of Staff at Sea.svg | IDF Chief of Staff flag (at sea) | A dark blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Armed forces emblem (erected sword on olive branch, on two horizontal wings, on one bent anchor, surrounded by a garland of palms) in the fly |
= Army flags =
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File:Flag of the Israeli Army (Land Arm) Gray.svg | 2022–present | Israeli Army (Zro'a ha-Yabasha) flag | 5 diagonal stripes, black/gray/white/gray/black, of proportions 2/1/5/1/2. In the center of the white stripe is a black-outlined white-bordered black disk, containing multi-faces crystal inside of target. 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. |
File:Flag of the Israeli Army (Land Arm).svg | ?–2021 | Old Israeli Army (Zro'a ha-Yabasha) 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. |
File:Flag of IDF Central Command.svg | IDF Central Command flag
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File:Flag of IDF Northern Command.svg | IDF Northern Command flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Southern Command.svg | IDF Southern Command flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Home Front Command.svg | IDF Home Front Command flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Operations Directorate.svg | IDF Operations Directorate flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Military Intelligence Directorate.svg | IDF Military Intelligence Directorate flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Planning Directorate.svg | IDF Planning Directorate flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Computer Service Directorate.svg | IDF Computer Service Directorate flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate.svg | IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate flag | ||
File:Flag of IDF Manpower Directorate.svg | IDF Manpower Directorate flag
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File:Idf armored corps flag.svg | Israeli Armored Corps (Kheyl HaShiryon) flag | Diagonally divided black and green. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Intelligence_Corps.svg | Israeli Intelligence Corps ('Aman') flag | Diagonally divided white and green. | |
File:Mpflag.svg | Military Police Corps (Kheyl HaMishtara HaTzva'it) flag | Diagonally divided blue and red. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Logistics_Corps.svg | Logistics Corps flag | Diagonally divided blue and yellow. | |
File:Flag of the Israeli Infantry Corps.svg | Israeli Infantry Corps ('Khir') flag | Diagonally divided green and yellow. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Military_Rabbinate_Corps.svg | Military Rabbinate (Kheyl HaRabanut HaTzva'it) flag | Diagonally divided grey and yellow. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Himush.svg | Technology and Maintenance Corps (Kheyl HaTekhnologya VeHaAkhzaka) flag | Diagonally divided red and yellow. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Medical_Corps.svg | Medical Corps (Kheyl HaRfu'a) flag | Diagonally divided red and white. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Education_and_Youth_Corps.svg | Education and Youth Corps (Kheyl HaKhinukh VeHaNo'ar) flag | Diagonally divided green and blue. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Adjutant_Corps.svg | Adjutant Corps flag | Diagonally divided white and blue. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_C4_Corps.svg | C4I Corps (Kheyl HaTikshuv) flag | ||
File:Idf artillery corps.svg | Israeli Artillery Corps (Kheyl HaTotkhanim) flag | Diagonally divided red and black. | |
File:Flag of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps.svg | Israeli Combat Engineering Corps (Kheyl HaHandasa HaKravit) flag | Diagonally divided orange and black. | |
File:Pikud Ha'Oref flag.svg | 1992–? | Home Front Command (Pikud Ha-ʿOref) flag | Diagonally divided blue and orange. The colours of the homefront command are the same to those appearing in its emblem. Replaced and no longer in use. |
File:Flag of the Israeli Field Intelligence Corps.svg | rowspan="6" | ?–present | Israeli Combat Intelligence Collection Corps flag | Diagonally divided white and yellow. |
File:Flag of the Israeli Givati Brigade.svg | Givati Brigade flag | Diagonally divided white and purple. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Golani_Brigade.svg | Golani Brigade flag | Diagonally divided yellow and green. | |
File:Nahal_Flag.jpg | Nahal Brigade flag | Diagonally divided white and green. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Kfir_Brigade.svg | Kfir Brigade flag | Diagonally divided white and green. | |
File:Flag_of_the_Israeli_Paratroopers_Brigade.svg | Paratroopers Brigade flag | Diagonally divided white and red. | |
File:Flag of the Israeli Civil Defense Corps until 1992.svg | ?–1992 | Flag of the Israeli Civil Defense Corps until 1992 | Diagonally divided green and red. |
File:Flag of the Israeli Women's Corps until 2001.svg | ?–2001 | Flag of the Israeli Women's Corps until 2001 | Diagonally divided brown and orange. |
= Navy flags =
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File:Naval Ensign of Israel.svg | 1948–present | Israeli Navy (Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli) 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. |
File:Flag of Israel.svg | ?–present | Israeli Navy Jack flag | Israel State flag and National flag |
File:Commissioning Pennant of the Israeli Navy.svg | ?–present | Israeli Navy Pennant (commissioning) | |
File:Flag of Israel Navy Commander in Chief at Sea.svg | ?–present | Israeli Navy Commander in Chief at Sea flag | |
File:Senior Officer's Pendant of the Israeli Navy.svg | ?–present | Israeli Navy Senior Officer pendant |
= Air Force flags =
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File:Israel Air Force Flag.svg | 1991–present | Israeli Air Force (Zro'a HaAvir VeHakhalal) 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. |
File:Flag of the Israeli Air Defense Network.svg | ?–present | Israeli Air Defense Command flag | Diagonally divided blue and black. |
= Police flags =
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File:Flag of Israel Police.svg | ?–present | Israel Police (Mishteret Yisra'el) flag | A blue field with the Police badge charged in the centre |
File:Flag of Chief of Israel Police.svg | ?–present | Israel Police General Commissioner flag | A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Police badge charged in the fly |
File:Flag of Israel Border Police.svg | ?–present | Israel Border Police – 'MAGAV' (Mishmar HaGvul) flag |
= Knesset Guard flag =
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File:Knesset Guard Flag.svg | 2007–present | Knesset Guard flag | A white field with the Knesset Guard logo charged in the center |
File:Knesset Guard Old Flag 1958-2007.svg | 1958–2007 | Old flag of Knesset Guard |
= Intelligence flags =
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File:Flag of Mossad.svg | ?–present | Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations – 'Mossad' (haMosad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyukḥadim – haMosad) flag | A white field with the Mossad logo charged in the center |
= Prison Service =
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File:Flag of Israel Prison Service.svg | ?–present | Israel Prison Service flag | |
File:Flag of Israel Prison Service Commander.svg | ?–present | Commander of the Israel Prison Service flag |
= Israel Fire and Rescue Services =
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File:Flag_of_FireDep_of_Israel.svg | ?–present | Israel Fire and Rescue Services flag | |
File:Flag of FireDep Chief of Staff.svg | ?–present | Flag of Israel Fire and Rescue Services Chief of Staff |
Municipal flags
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File:Tel Aviv flag.svg
|1949–present | Flag of Tel Aviv-Yafo | Based on the National flag. | |
File:Flag Of Ramat Gan.svg
|1958–present |Flag of Ramat Gan |The flag has a blue background with the city's emblem (Which was adopted in 1958) in the center. The emblem consists of a shield with a charged green field in the shape of a rounded hexagonal star, reminiscent of a Star of David, and is surrounded by 7 small white hexagonal stars. Inside the big star is a landscape illustration showing a sun shining and illuminating the symbol. In the center of the star is a palm tree, below it a pan with a cluster of grapes and citrus fruits and plowshares appear across the symbol. In the lower right part of the star is a stone wall and three trees growing from it. On the left side of the star is an industrial building with a chimney. At the bottom of the emblem is a parchment with the name of the city, "Ramat Gan". | |||
File:Flag of Givatayim.svg
| | Flag of Givatayim | ||
File:Flag of Petah Tikvah, Israel.png
|1958-Present |Flag of Petah Tikvah |The flag consists of a navy blue field with the city's emblem. The emblem was first created in {{Circa|1908}}. the emblem is shaped as an stylized Magen David. The plough immortalizes the first plowing as a symbol to the fact that with founding Petah Tikva, the agriculture work was renewed. The green fields symbolizes of drying of the Yarkon swamps and turning them into green fields. The orange tree since the first tree was planted by Rabbi Fromkin in Lakhman estate, this important branch was developed and Petah Tikva became the biggest producer of Citrus in Israel.{{Cite web |title=Petah Tikva (Israel) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/il-pttqv.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.crwflags.com}} | |||
File:Flag of Jerusalem.svg
| | Flag of Jerusalem | Based on the National flag, the flag of Jerusalem features in the center the city's coat of arms, which consists of a shield with the Lion of Judah superimposed on a stylized background representing the Kotel, flanked on either side with olive branches. The word יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim, Hebrew for "Jerusalem") appears above the shield. | |
File:Flag of Ashkelon.svg
|1951-present | Flag of Ashkelon | The flag consists of an orange field with the city's emblem (which was adopted in 1951 and approved by the Israeli government in 1959) in the center. the emblem consists of a shield with a charged light blue field representing the sea and sky of Ashkelon. the 5 Stars represent the city's five neighborhoods, alongside a marble column with a title, and a gear, representing Ashkelon's industrial plants with waves below the gear representing Ashkelon's spectacular beaches. the film symbolises the "planning of Ashkelon as Israel's film city".{{Cite web |title=סמל העיר |url=https://www.ashkelon.muni.il/city/about/Pages/logo.aspx |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210805152946/https://www.ashkelon.muni.il/city/about/Pages/logo.aspx |archive-date=2021-08-05 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=עיריית אשקלון |language=he-il}} | |
File:Flag of Ashdod.svg
|2023-present | Flag of Ashdod | The flag consists of a white field with Ashdod's city-emblem (Adopted alongside the flag) in the center.
The colors in the sails symbolize that Ashdod is a modern and dynamic city. the blue represents the Mediterranean Sea, the green represents the self-sustainability of Ashdod, and the orange represents the energy and warmth that characterize the city's residents. The lion's head represents the tribe of Judah that resided in the area of modern day Ashdod. the color of the lion represents the dunes and sands from which the city of Ashdod (previously Isdud) was established on. on the bottom the city's name both in Hebrew and English is present, with Ashdod's old city emblem the Sails Square. The flag was adopted in 2023 as part of the Ashdod flag competition to replace the old flag of Ashdod. the flag was designed by Shmuel Yehuda Oish of the "Kivan" branding agency in Ashdod.{{Cite web |date=1 April 2025 |title=About our emblem |url=https://www.ashdod.muni.il/he-il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8/ |url-status=live |website=Ashdod Municipality}} | |
File:Flag of Haifa.svg | rowspan="13" | ?–present | Flag of Haifa | A blue field with the emblem charged in the center. |
File:Flag of Holon Version1.svg | Flag of Holon | Based on the national flag with the colors reversed and the city's emblem in lieu of the Star of David. The emblem may also appear in a white rectangular box, or drawn in white on the blue background. | |
File:Flag of Rishon LeZion.svg | Flag of Rishon LeZion | An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center. | |
File:Flag of Netanya.svg | Flag of Netanya | An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center. | |
File:Flag of Bat Yam.svg | Flag of Bat Yam | ||
File:Flag of Herzliya.svg | Flag of Herzliya | Based on the National flag. | |
File:Flag of Bnei Brak.svg | Flag of Bnei Brak | ||
File:Flag of Ramat HaSharon.svg | Flag of Ramat HaSharon | An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center. | |
File:Flag of Or Yehuda.svg | Flag of Or Yehuda | ||
File:Flag of Kefar Saba.svg | Flag of Kfar Saba | ||
File:Flag of Kfar Kama, Israel.svg | Flag of Kfar Kama | The Cyrillic script is present on the flag to represent the town's Circassian history. | |
File:Flag of Karmiel.svg | Flag of Karmiel | Based on the National flag. | |
File:Flag of Qiryat Gat.svg | Flag of Qiryat Gat | ||
File:Flag of Har Hebron.svg
| | Flag of the Har Hebron Regional Council | ||
File:Flag of Hof Azza Regional Council.svg
| -2005 | Flag of Hof Azza |
Organization flags
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File:Flag of Israel Railways.svg | rowspan="6" | ?–present | Israel Railways flag | A blue field with the Rakevet Yisra'el logo charged in the centre |
File:Flag of Israel Nature and Parks Authority.svg | Israel Nature and Parks Authority flag | ||
File:Flag of Israel Postal Authority.svg | Israel Postal Authority flag | ||
150px | Israel Mail Pendant | ||
File:Red_Star_of_David.svg | Magen David Adom flag | ||
File:Israel Antiquities Authority flag.svg | Flag of Israel Antiquities Authority | ||
File:Israel customs authority flag.svg | 1965–2004 | Flag of Customs services of Israel | dark blue field |
Historical flags
class="wikitable" style="background:#f9f9f9 | 1897–1898 | Flag of the First and Second Zionist Congress | |
File:First Judeans Flag Alternative.png | 1919–1921 | First Judeans Regiment of Jewish Legion flag | |
File:American Palestine Line house flag.svg | 1924–1926 | House flag of American Palestine Line | |
File:Emanuel ship's Hebrew flag.svg | 1933–1934 | MV "Emanuel" (Captain Arye "Lyova" Grevnov) ship's of "Hofiya Shipping Company" Hebrew flag | |
File:Flag of ZOB (Jewish Fighting Organization).svg
|1942–1944 |Flag of the Jewish Combat Organization | | |||
File:Flag of ZZW (Jewish Military Union).svg
|1942–1944 |Flag of the Jewish Military Union | | |||
File:Flag of Israel (1948).svg | 1948 | Ink Flag |
= National flag proposals =
File:Herzl flag.svg|Theodor Herzl's Proposal (1890s)
File:Proposal No.1 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 1 (1948)
File:Proposal No.2 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 2 (1948)
File:Proposal No.3 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 3 (1948)
File:Proposal No.4 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 4 (1948)
File:Proposal No.5 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 5 (1948)
File:Proposal No.6 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 6 (1948)
File:Proposal No.7 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 7 (1948)
File:Proposal No.8 in Ha'Degel (1948).svg|Ha'Degel Proposal 8 (1948)
File:Israel Flag Proposal No.44, anonymous.svg|Contest Proposal 44 (1948)
File:Israel Flag Proposal No.57 by Joachim Shniblag.svg|Contest Proposal 57 (1948)
File:Israel Flag Proposal No.58 by Benyamin Bergi.svg|Contest Proposal 58 (1948)
File:Israel Flag Proposal No.61 by Nissim Shtrick.svg|Contest Proposal 61 (1948)
File:Otta Wallish's Israel Flag Proposal (1949).svg|Otta Wallish's Proposal (1949)
File:Nissim Sabah's Israel Flag Proposal (1949).svg|Nissim Sabah'sProposal (1949)
Lifeguard flags
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File:White flag of surrender.svg | rowspan="4" | 1970–present | Calm sea: bathing and swimming is allowed | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag |
File:Red flag.svg | Stormy sea: bathing and swimming is allowed | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag | |
File:Black flag.svg | Very stormy sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag | |
150px | Presence of jellyfish at sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag |
Minority flags
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File:Flag of Palestine.svg | 1964–present | Flag of the Israeli Palestinian Arab Minority | Used by Israeli Palestinians within the Green Line. Red triangle at the hoist side, and three horizontal stripes of black-white-green. |
File:Flag of Druze.svg | ?–present | Flag of the Israeli Druze Minority | Used by Israeli Druze. Green triangle at the hoist side, and four horizontal stripes of red-yellow-blue-white. |
File:Flag of the Israeli Christians (without St. George).jpg | ?–present | Unofficial flag of the Israeli Christian Minority | A blue triangle at the hoist side, charged with a red Latin cross; and four stripes (from top to bottom), red, yellow, white and blue. |
File:Flag of Russia.svg
|?-present |Unofficial Flag of the Israeli Russian Minority |The Russian National Flag. | |||
File:Flag of the Turkmen of Israel and Lebanon.png | ?–present | Flag of the Israeli Turkmen Minority | A white flag with two light blue stripes and a light blue crescent and star. |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Flags of Israel}}
{{Lists of flags}}
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