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The flag of Israel was officially adopted on 28 October 1948. It is a white banner with three blue symbols: a pair of horizontal tallit-like stripes above and below a centred Star of David. Relevant I
Herzl's proposed flag, as sketched in his diaries. Although he drew a Star of David, he did not describe it as such.
Modern photo showing the flag of Israel
Jewish prayer shawl (tallit) with blue stripes
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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so
Flag of Israel
…Flag of Zion" Use National flag Proportion 8:11 Adopted 1885 (as flag of Rishon LeZion) August 1897 (by the Zionist movement) 28 October 1948 (by Israel) Relinquished 1958 (as flag of Rishon LeZion) Design White banner with three blue (tekhelet) symbols: a pair of horizontal tallit-like stripes above…
Tel Megiddo, the ruins of a Canaanite and later Israelite city
The Yavne-Yam ostracon, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription documenting administration in Judah
Hasmonean coin of Antigonus II Mattathias, depicting the Temple menorah
View of the Masada fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, which is the location of a 1st-century Roman siege