See also: List of flags of Israel

Flag of Israel

Use	National flag. The following is a list of flags of Israel. National flag and State flag Governmental flags Military flags The design and description of Flags typically uses specialised flag terminology' with precise and technical meanings and is hence a form of Jargon. A national flag is a Flag that symbolises a country The flag is flown by the government but usually can be flown by Citizens of that country as well A flag is a piece of Cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used Symbolically for signaling or identification
Proportion	8:11
Adopted	October 28, 1948
Design	Blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white field. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Star of David or Shield of David ( Magen David in Hebrew with nikkud or מגן דוד without academically transcribed Māḡēn Dāwīḏ by
Use	Civil ensign. The design and description of Flags typically uses specialised flag terminology' with precise and technical meanings and is hence a form of Jargon. The civil Ensign (also known as merchant flag or merchant ensign) is the National flag flown by civil ships (merchant ships and others to denote An ensign is a distinguishing Flag of a ship or a military unit or a distinguishing token emblem or badge such as a symbol of office
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1948
Design	Blue flag with a white vertically elongated oval set near the hoist containing an also vertically elongated blue Magen David.
Use	Naval ensign. The design and description of Flags typically uses specialised flag terminology' with precise and technical meanings and is hence a form of Jargon. An ensign is a distinguishing Flag of a ship or a military unit or a distinguishing token emblem or badge such as a symbol of office An ensign is a distinguishing Flag of a ship or a military unit or a distinguishing token emblem or badge such as a symbol of office
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1948
Design	Blue flag with a white triangle at hoist and blue Magen David in it.

The flag of Israel was adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after the country's establishment. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It depicts a blue Star of David on a white background, between two horizontal blue stripes. The Star of David or Shield of David ( Magen David in Hebrew with nikkud or מגן דוד without academically transcribed Māḡēn Dāwīḏ by The blue color is mandated only as "dark sky-blue",^[1] and varies from flag to flag, ranging from a hue of pure blue, sometimes shaded almost as dark as navy blue, to hues about 75% toward pure cyan and shades as light as very light blue. Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by Hue is one of the main properties of a Color described with names such as " Red " " Yellow " etc “Tint” redirects here For other uses see Tint (disambiguation In Color theory, a tint is the mixture of a Color with Navy blue is a dark shade of the Color Blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white worn by officers in the Royal Navy since Cyan (saɪæn from Greek κυανός / kyanos, meaning "blue" may be used as the name of any of a number of a range of colors in the blue/green part of ^[2] The flag was designed for the Zionist Movement in 1891. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The basic design recalls the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The tallit (טַלִּית also called tallis ( Yiddish, plural taleysm) is a prayer Shawl worn during the morning Jewish services The hexagram in the centre is the Magen David ("shield of David"). For symbols used in the I Ching, see Hexagram (I Ching For a Jewish symbol see Star of David. The Star of David or Shield of David ( Magen David in Hebrew with nikkud or מגן דוד without academically transcribed Māḡēn Dāwīḏ by It became a Jewish symbol starting in late medieval Prague, and was adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897. First Zionist Congress ( Hebrew: הקונגרס הציוני הראשון is the name given to the Congress held in Basel (Basle, Switzerland Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common ^[1]

In 2007 an Israeli flag measuring 660 by 100 metres and weighing 5. 2 tonnes was unfurled near the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada, breaking the world record for the largest flag. Masada ( Hebrew מצדה pronounced Metzada, from מצודה metzuda, "fortress" is the name for a site of ancient Palaces and A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline usually a Sports event ^[3]

Contents 1 Origin of the flag 2 Flag gallery 3 "Nile to Euphrates" controversy 4 Reference in the Nuremberg Laws 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Origin of the flag

The flag of the State of Israel is intended to portray a Star of David on a tallit, the traditional Jewish prayer shawl. The tallit (טַלִּית also called tallis ( Yiddish, plural taleysm) is a prayer Shawl worn during the morning Jewish services Jewish services ( Hebrew: תפלה, tefillah; plural תפלות, tefillos or tefillot; Yinglish: davening

The Israelites used an indigo colored dye called tekhelet; this dye is now believed to have been made from the snail Murex trunculus. See also History of ancient Israel and Judah According to the Bible, the Israelites were the dominant group living in the Land of Israel. Indigo is the Color on the Electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in Wavelength, placing it between Blue and violet A dye can generally be described as a Colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied Tekhelet, (תכלת Techelet or Techeiles is a blue dye mentioned 48 times in the Jewish Bible ( Tanakh) and translated by the Septuagint The word snail is a Common name that can be used for almost all members of the Molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the Hexaplex trunculus (also known as Murex trunculus or the banded dye-murex) is a medium-sized Species of sea Snail, ^[4] This dye was very important in both Jewish and non-Jewish cultures of this time, and was used by royalty and the upper class in dyeing their clothing, sheets, curtains, etc. Is a concept in Sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a Social hierarchy. (The dye from a related snail can be processed to form Tyrian purple called argaman. )

In the Bible, the Israelites are commanded to have one of the threads of their tallit (prayer shawl) with tekhelet; when they look at this dye they will think of the blue sky, and of the God above them in Heaven. Tekhelet corresponds to the color of the divine revelation (Midrash Numbers Rabbah xv. Midrash ( Hebrew: מדרש plural midrashim, lit "to repeat" is a Hebrew term referring to the not exact but comparative ( homiletic ). Sometime near the end of the Talmudic era (500-600 CE) the industry that produced this dye collapsed. It became more rare; over time, the Jewish community lost the tradition of which species of shellfish produced this dye. Since Jews were then unable to fulfil this commandment, they have since left their tzitzit (tallit strings) white. However, in remembrance of the commandment to use the tekhelet dye, it became common for Jews to have blue or purple stripes on their tallit. ^[5] The idea that the blue and white colors were the national color of the Jewish people was voiced early on by Ludwig August Frankl (1810-1894), an Austrian Jewish poet. Ludwig August Ritter von Frankl-Hochwart ( February 3, 1810, Chrást, Bohemia - March 12, 1893 /1894 was a Bohemian In his poem, "Judah's Colors", he writes:

When sublime feelings his heart fill, he is mantled in the colors of his country. He stands in prayer, wrapped in a sparkling robe of white. The hems of the white robe are crowned with broad stripes of blue; Like the robe of the High Priest, adorned with bands of blue threads. These are the colors of the beloved country, blue and white are the borders of Judah; White is the radiance of the priesthood, and blue, the splendors of the firmament. ^[6]

In 1885 the agricultural village of Rishon LeZion used a blue and white flag to mark its third anniversary. Rishon LeZion (רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן lit First to Zion is the fourth-largest city in Israel, located along the central Israeli A blue and white flag, with a Star of David and the Hebrew word "Maccabee", was used in 1891 by the Bnai Zion Educational Society.

David Wolffsohn (1856-1914), a businessman prominent in the early Zionist movement, was aware that the nascent Zionist movement had no official flag, and that the design proposed by Theodore Herzl was gaining no significant support. David Wolffsohn ( October 9, 1856 - September 15, 1914) was a Jewish businessman and prominent Zionist and second president Theodor Herzl (בנימין זאב הרצל ( Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl) (May 2 1860&ndashJuly 3 1904 was an Austrian Jewish journalist who founded modern He writes:

At the behest of our leader Herzl, I came to Basle to make preparations for the Zionist Congress. Among many other problems that occupied me then was one that contained something of the essence of the Jewish problem. What flag would we hang in the Congress Hall? Then an idea struck me. We have a flag — and it is blue and white. The talith (prayer shawl) with which we wrap ourselves when we pray: that is our symbol. Let us take this Talith from its bag and unroll it before the eyes of Israel and the eyes of all nations. So I ordered a blue and white flag with the Shield of David painted upon it. That is how the national flag, that flew over Congress Hall, came into being.

While this flag emphasizes Jewish religious symbols, Theodor Herzl wanted the flag to have more universal symbols: 7 golden stars symbolizing the 7-hour working quota of the enlightened state-to-be, which would have advanced socialist legislations. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Religious symbolism is the use of Symbols including Archetypes, acts artwork events or natural phenomena, by a religion Theodor Herzl (בנימין זאב הרצל ( Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl) (May 2 1860&ndashJuly 3 1904 was an Austrian Jewish journalist who founded modern ^[7]

In 1897, an international meeting of worldwide Zionists was held in Basel, Switzerland, to consider establishing a homeland for Jews in Palestine. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Morris Harris, a member of New York Havevy Zion, used his awning shop to design a suitable banner and decorations for the reception, and his mother Lena Harris sewed the flag. The flag was made with two blue stripes and a large blue Star of David in the center, the colors blue and white chosen from the design of the tallit. The flag was ten feet by six feet—in the same proportions as the flag of the United States—and became known as the Flag of Zion. Flags of the United States The Flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of Red (top and bottom alternating It was accepted as the official Zionist flag at the second international conference on Zionism held in Switzerland in 1898, and the state of Israel later adopted the design as the official flag, upon its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

A flag with blue and white stripes and a Magen David in the center flew with those of other nationalities from one of the buildings at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904^[8]. The Star of David or Shield of David ( Magen David in Hebrew with nikkud or מגן דוד without academically transcribed Māḡēn Dāwīḏ by The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St It flew there in relation to large meetings of Zionists. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the That expo was the World's Fair hosting the 1904 Summer Olympics. Expo (short for "exposition" and also known as World Fair and World's Fair) is the name given to various large public exhibitions held since the The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in St

Flag gallery

1944. The Jewish Brigade headquarters. Both the Union Flag and the Jewish flag are visible	July 15, 1945. The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa	May 14, 1948. Buchenwald concentration camp (German Konzentrationslager or 'KZ' Buchenwald) was a Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg (Etter Mountain near Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Ben-Gurion pronounces the Establishment of the State of Israel	March 10, 1949. The Israeli Declaration of Independence (הכרזת העצמאות Hakhrazat HaAtzma'ut or מגילת העצמאות Megilat HaAtzma'ut) made on 14 May The newly established IDF raise the improvised "Ink Flag" over Eilat
Yom HaShoah 2000, Auschwitz. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit Eilat (Hebrew אילת should not be confused with the nearby kibbutz of Eilot (Hebrew אילות Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה "Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism" known colloquially in Israel "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany Polish-Jewish March of the Living	A tattered Israeli flag in Old Jerusalem. The March of the Living, is an annual educational program which brings students from all over the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the The Old City (העיר העתיקה HaIr HaAtika, البلدة القديمة al-Balda al-Qadimah) is a 0	2007. According to Guinness World Records, this is the largest flag on earth with a total area of 18,843 m² (202,823. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U 55 ft²).	The Flag flying on a ship on the Mediterranean Sea

"Nile to Euphrates" controversy

It has been alleged by some groups that the blue stripes on the Israeli flag actually represent the rivers Nile and Euphrates as the boundaries of Eretz Yisrael, the land promised to the Jews by God. The tallit (טַלִּית also called tallis ( Yiddish, plural taleysm) is a prayer Shawl worn during the morning Jewish services The Nile (النيل, Ancient Egyptian iteru or Ḥ'pī, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing River The Euphrates ( ( Arabic: ar نهر الفرات; Turkish: tr Fırat Syriac: syr ܦܪܬ; Hebrew: he פרת For other uses see Israel (disambiguation The Land of Israel ( Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל Eretz Yisrael) is The Promised Land ( הארץ המובטחת, translit: ha-Aretz ha-Muvtachat) is another name for the Land of Israel, the region which according PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. ^[9] Those making this allegation insist that the flag "secretly" represents the desire of Jews to conquer all of the land between the Nile and Euphrates rivers, which would involve conquering and ruling over much of Egypt, all of Jordan, and some of Syria and Iraq. Yasser Arafat, Iran and Hamas also made the allegation, ^[10] and repeatedly tied this notion to the stripes on the Israeli flag. Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة ^{[11] [12]}

Both Zionist and anti-Zionist authors have debunked the claim that the stripes on the flag represent territorial ambitions. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism, an international political movement and ideology that supports a Homeland for the Jewish People in the land known Daniel Pipes notes "In fact, the blue lines derive from the design on the traditional Jewish prayer shawl", ^[13] and Danny Rubinstein points out that "…Arafat… added, in interviews that he gave in the past, that the two blue stripes on the Israeli flag represent the Nile and the Euphrates… No Israeli, even those who demonstrate understanding for Palestinian distress, will accept the… nonsense about the blue stripes on the flag, which was designed according to the colors of the traditional tallit (prayer shawl)…"^[12] Persistent critic of Israel and Zionism Israel Shahak is equally explicit. Daniel Pipes (born September 9 1949 is a American historian and political commentator who particularly focuses on the Middle East and Islam. Danny Rubinstein (1937-) is an Israeli journalist and author Biography Daniel (Danny Rubinstein was born in Jerusalem in 1937 Israel Shahak (ישראל שחק April 28, 1933 – July 2, 2001) was a Polish-born Israeli Professor of Chemistry at Hebrew In his The Zionist Plan for the Middle East he states

A good example is the very persistent belief in the non-existent writing on the wall of the Knesset of the Biblical verse about the Nile and the Euphrates. Another example is the persistent, and completely false declarations, which were made by some of the most important Arab leaders, that the two blue stripes of the Israeli flag symbolize the Nile and the Euphrates, while in fact they are taken from the stripes of the Jewish praying shawl (Talit).

Saqr Abu Fakhr, an Arab writer, has also spoken out against this idea. Saqr Abu Fakhr (صقر أبو فخر is an Arab writer living in Lebanon who is the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding He demonstrates that the "Nile to Euphrates" claim regarding the flag is one of seven popular misconceptions and/or myths about Jews which, despite being unfounded and having abundant evidence refuting them, continue to circulate in the Arab world. ^[14]

Nevertheless, the Hamas Covenant states "After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates," and as recently as January 29, 2006, Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar issued a demand for Israel to change its flag, citing the "Nile to Euphrates" argument. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Mahmud al-Zahar (محمود الزهار (born 1945 is a co-founder of Hamas and a member of the Hamas leadership in the Palestinian occupied Gaza Strip. ^[15]

Reference in the Nuremberg Laws

Paragraph 4 in "The Laws for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour", part of the infamous Nazi Nuremberg Laws of 1935, states that 1. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Nuremberg Laws ( German: Nürnberger Gesetze) of 1935 were denaturalization laws passed in Nazi Germany. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the [German] national colors. 2. On the other hand, they are permitted to display the Jewish colors. The exercise of this right is protected by the State. " Paragraph 5. 3 described the penalty for infringing "1": up to one year's imprisonment plus fine, or one of these. The "Jewish colors" referred to in this article were blue and white. ^[16]

See also

• Ink Flag (Israel)
• Blue in Judaism

References

External links

• The Israeli Flag (Jewish Virtual Library)

The Jewish Virtual Library is an online Encyclopedia published by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE

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