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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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Flag Date Use Description
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
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

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Flag Date Use Description
?–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
Presidential standard (at sea) Presidential standard with the border in yellow.
Prime Minister flag A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms charged in the fly
Prime Minister flag (at sea) A dark blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms charged in the fly
Minister of Defence flag A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms surmounting a palewise sword enfiling an olive wreath, charged in the fly
Minister of Defence flag (at sea) A dark blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms surmounting a palewise sword enfiling an olive wreath, charged in the fly
Minister of Environmental Protection flag A white field with the Ministry of Environmental Protection logo
Minister of Intelligence flag A white, gray and blue flag with the Ministry of Intelligence logo
Minister of Foreign Affairs flag A white field with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs logo
Minister of Tourism flag A white field with the Ministry of Tourism logo

Military and police flags

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Flag Date Use Description
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
?–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
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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Flag Date Use Description
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.
?–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.
IDF Central Command flag
IDF Northern Command flag
IDF Southern Command flag
IDF Home Front Command flag
IDF Operations Directorate flag
IDF Military Intelligence Directorate flag
IDF Planning Directorate flag
IDF Computer Service Directorate flag
IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate flag
IDF Manpower Directorate flag
Israeli Armored Corps (Kheyl HaShiryon) flag Diagonally divided black and green.
Israeli Intelligence Corps ('Aman') flag Diagonally divided white and green.
Military Police Corps (Kheyl HaMishtara HaTzva'it) flag Diagonally divided blue and red.
Logistics Corps flag Diagonally divided blue and yellow.
Israeli Infantry Corps ('Khir') flag Diagonally divided green and yellow.
Military Rabbinate (Kheyl HaRabanut HaTzva'it) flag Diagonally divided grey and yellow.
Technology and Maintenance Corps (Kheyl HaTekhnologya VeHaAkhzaka) flag Diagonally divided red and yellow.
Medical Corps (Kheyl HaRfu'a) flag Diagonally divided red and white.
Education and Youth Corps (Kheyl HaKhinukh VeHaNo'ar) flag Diagonally divided green and blue.
Adjutant Corps flag Diagonally divided white and blue.
C4I Corps (Kheyl HaTikshuv) flag
Israeli Artillery Corps (Kheyl HaTotkhanim) flag Diagonally divided red and black.
Israeli Combat Engineering Corps (Kheyl HaHandasa HaKravit) flag Diagonally divided orange and black.
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.
?–present Israeli Combat Intelligence Collection Corps flag Diagonally divided white and yellow.
Givati Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and purple.
Golani Brigade flag Diagonally divided yellow and green.
Nahal Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and green.
Kfir Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and green.
Paratroopers Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and red.
?–1992 Flag of the Israeli Civil Defense Corps until 1992 Diagonally divided green and red.
?–2001 Flag of the Israeli Women's Corps until 2001 Diagonally divided brown and orange.
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Flag Date Use Description
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.
?–present Israeli Navy Jack flag Israel State flag and National flag
?–present Israeli Navy Pennant (commissioning)
?–present Israeli Navy Commander in Chief at Sea flag
?–present Israeli Navy Senior Officer pendant

Air Force flags

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Flag Date Use Description
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.
?–present Israeli Air Defense Command flag Diagonally divided blue and black.

Police flags

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Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israel Police (Mishteret Yisra'el) flag A blue field with the Police badge charged in the centre
?–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
?–present Israel Border Police – 'MAGAV' (Mishmar HaGvul) flag

Knesset Guard flag

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Flag Date Use Description
2007–present Knesset Guard flag A white field with the Knesset Guard logo charged in the center
1958–2007 Old flag of Knesset Guard

Intelligence flags

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Flag Date Use Description
?–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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Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israel Prison Service flag
?–present Commander of the Israel Prison Service flag

Israel Fire and Rescue Services

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Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israel Fire and Rescue Services flag
?–present Flag of Israel Fire and Rescue Services Chief of Staff

Municipal flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1949–present Flag of Tel Aviv-Yafo Based on the National flag.
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".
Flag of Givatayim
1966?-Present Flag of Petah Tikvah The flag consists of a navy blue field with the city's emblem. 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.[1]
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.
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".[2]
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.[3]

?–present Flag of Haifa A blue field with the emblem charged in the center.
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.
Flag of Rishon LeZion An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center.
Flag of Netanya An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center.
Flag of Bat Yam
Flag of Herzliya Based on the National flag.
Flag of Bnei Brak
Flag of Ramat HaSharon An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center.
Flag of Or Yehuda
Flag of Kfar Saba
Flag of Kfar Kama The Cyrillic script is present on the flag to represent the town's Circassian history.
Flag of Karmiel Based on the National flag.
Flag of Qiryat Gat
Flag of the Har Hebron Regional Council
-2005 Flag of Hof Azza

Organization flags

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Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israel Railways flag A blue field with the Rakevet Yisra'el logo charged in the centre
Israel Nature and Parks Authority flag
Israel Postal Authority flag
Israel Mail Pendant
Magen David Adom flag
Flag of Israel Antiquities Authority
1965–2004 Flag of Customs services of Israel dark blue field

Historical flags

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1897–1898 Flag of the First and Second Zionist Congress
1919–1921 First Judeans Regiment of Jewish Legion flag
1924–1926 House flag of American Palestine Line
1933–1934 MV "Emanuel" (Captain Arye "Lyova" Grevnov) ship's of "Hofiya Shipping Company" Hebrew flag
1942–1944 Flag of the Jewish Combat Organization
1942–1944 Flag of the Jewish Military Union
1948 Ink Flag

National flag proposals

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  • Theodor Herzl's Proposal (1890s)
    Theodor Herzl's Proposal (1890s)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 1 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 1 (1948)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 2 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 2 (1948)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 3 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 3 (1948)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 4 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 4 (1948)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 5 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 5 (1948)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 6 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 6 (1948)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 7 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 7 (1948)
  • Ha'Degel Proposal 8 (1948)
    Ha'Degel Proposal 8 (1948)
  • Contest Proposal 44 (1948)
    Contest Proposal 44 (1948)
  • Contest Proposal 57 (1948)
    Contest Proposal 57 (1948)
  • Contest Proposal 58 (1948)
    Contest Proposal 58 (1948)
  • Contest Proposal 61 (1948)
    Contest Proposal 61 (1948)
  • Otta Wallish's Proposal (1949)
    Otta Wallish's Proposal (1949)
  • Nissim Sabah'sProposal (1949)
    Nissim Sabah'sProposal (1949)

Lifeguard flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1970–present Calm sea: bathing and swimming is allowed Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
Stormy sea: bathing and swimming is allowed Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
Very stormy sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
Presence of jellyfish at sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag

Minority flags

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Flag Date Use Description
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.
?–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.
?–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.
?-present Unofficial Flag of the Israeli Russian Minority The Russian National Flag.
?–present Flag of the Israeli Turkmen Minority A white flag with two light blue stripes and a light blue crescent and star.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Petah Tikva (Israel)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  2. ^ "סמל העיר". עיריית אשקלון (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  3. ^ "About our emblem". Ashdod Municipality. 1 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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