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Meaning of the Flag

The flag of Israel was officially adopted on 28 October 1948. It is a white banner with three blue (tekhelet) symbols: a pair of horizontal tallit-like stripes above and below a centred Star of David. For we shall march into the Promised Land carrying the badge of honour." Aware that the nascent Zionist movement had no official flag, David Wolffsohn, a prominent Zionist, felt that Herzl's proposed design was not gaining significant support. It became rarer; over time, the Jewish community lost the tradition of which species of shellfish produced this dye. === Blue Lines === Yasser Arafat claimed that the two blue stripes on the Israeli flag represent the Nile and Euphrates rivers and alleged that Israel desires to eventually seize all the land in between.

Meaning of Flag Colors

Blue, White

Flag History

1. 1648
   In 1648, Ferdinand II of the Holy Roman Empire permitted the Jews of Prague to fly a "Jewish flag" over their synagogue; this flag was red with a yellow Star of David in the middle.
2. 1948–present
   

   Current national flag, in use since 1948.

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