Israeli flag

The flag of Israel (in Hebrew, דגל ישראל‎, Degel Yisra'el) was adopted on October 28, 1948 (25 Tishrei, 5709), five months after the establishment of the State of Israel. It is represented with the Star of David in blue on a white background, between two horizontal blue stripes of the same size. The flag was designed by the Zionist movement in 1891.

The basic design is reminiscent of the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The hexagram in the center is the Magen David ('Shield of David'). It became a Jewish symbol of late medieval Prague, and was adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897.

Specifications for the standard flag

Dimensions: 220 cm x 160 cm with white background. Two 25 cm wide horizontal blue stripes are placed 15 cm from the edges.

David's shield, composed of two intersecting equilateral triangles, is located in the center of the flag. It measures 69 cm from the top to the base, each side being 60 cm long. Although the color is officially sky blue, the Israeli flag is sometimes colored a paler shade of blue.

Other flags

Flag of the merchant Navy. Relationship: 2:3

Flag of the Navy. Relationship: 2:3

Flag of the Israeli Air Force. Relationship 2:3